October 15th in History : Michel Foucault, Luz María Umpierre

Born this day:


Michel Foucault, philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas.

Luz María Umpierre, Puerto American lesbian poet

Nigel Green (1924– 1972 ) UK 

Actor 

Sodomy in History, October 16

1749 — North Carolina adopts the English sodomy law explicitly.

1943 — The Tennessee Supreme Court rules that fellatio is prohibited by the state’s "crime against nature" law, although the decision is neither published nor publicized.

1958 — The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a conviction for sodomy after the police entered without a warrant to search the defendant’s home.


Source:
Calendar of Sodomy, October