16th April

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LGBT people born 16th April:

1911 – Guy Burgess – UK Journalist / Producer / Spy – Died 30^th August 1963

1919 – Merce Cunningham – US Dancer / Choreographer – Died 26^th July 2009

1939 – Dusty Springfield – UK Singer – Died 2^nd March 1999

1940 – Joan Snyder – US Painter

1949 – Astrid Nijhoff – Dutch Author

1949 – Pirkko Saisio – Finnish Author / Playwright / Actress

1957 – Essex Hemphill – US Poet / Activist – Died 4^th November 1995

1969 – Charles Chauvel – New Zealand Politician

1972 – Conchita Martinez – Spanish Tennis

1984 – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes – US Author

And those who died:

1689 – Aphra Behn – UK Author / Playwright – Born 10^th July 1640

1988 – Youri Egorov – Russian Pianist – Born 28^th May 1954

1989 – Thierry Paulin – French Serial Killer – Born 28^th November 1963

1994 – Ron Vawter – US Actor – Born 9^th December 1948

2006 – Richard Bloom – South African Fashion Designer – Born ????

2006 – Brett Goldin – South African Actor / Murder Victim – Born 1977

Events in LGBT History:

2007 – Soulforce Equality Ride visits Brigham Young University, Idaho, USA

2009 - Washington Governor Chris Gregoire signed 3^rd stage of the “everything but marriage” domestic partnership bill [becoming effective 1^st June 2009]

2010 – National Day of Silence in the USA

2010 – Miami Beach Gay Pride, Florida, USA [ran until 18^th April 2010]

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