9th August

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LGBT people born 9th August:

1874 – Reynaldo Hahn – Venezuelan / French Composer / Conductor / Musician / Critic – Died 28^th January 1947

1878 – Eileen Gray – Irish Designer / Architect – Died 31^st October 1976

1914 – Tove Jansson – Finnish Author / Painter / Illustrator – Died 27^th June 2001

1923 – Mario Cesariny de Vasconcelos – Portuguese Poet – Died 26^th November 2006

1926 – Frank M Robinson – US Author

1944 – Angela Mason – UK Activist / Lawyer

1958 – Amanda Bearse – US Actress / Director / Comedian

1959 – Michael Kors – US Fashion Designer

1964 – Derek Laud – UK Reality TV [Big Brother]

1968 – Chris Stone – Costa Rican Porn / Fashion Designer

1973 – Cindy De Koning – Dutch Presenter

1980 – Charlie David – Canadian Actor / Producer / Presenter / Screenwriter / Musician

And those who died:

1967 – Kenneth Halliwell – UK Actor / Playwright / Murderer – Born 23^rd June 1926

1967 – Joe Orton – UK Playwright / Actor / Murder Victim – Born 1^st January 1933

1967 – Anton Walbrook – Austrian Actor – Born 19^th November 1896

1976 – Jose Lezama-Lima – Cuban Author / Poet – Born 19^th December 1910

Events in LGBT History:

2007 – Reykjavik Gay Pride, Iceland

2007 - First ever live televised LGBT issues debate with Presidential candidates, on Logo cable television channel

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