Born this day
Jill Esmond (1908 – 1990) UKActress
Fernand Legros (1931 – 1983) French
Art Dealer
Alfred Lynch (1931 – 2003) UK
Actor
Keith Norton (1941 – 2010) Canadian
Politician / Lawyer
Angela Davis (1944 – ) US
Professor, Civil Rights Activist
Ellen Degeneres (1958 – ) US
Comedian / Actress / Presenter
Scott Amedure (1963 – 1995) US
Reality TV / Hate Crime Victim
Wendy Melvoin (1964 – ) US
Singer / Songwriter / Musician
Died this day
William Eythe (1918 -1957 ) US
Actor
John Caleo (???? - 1992/3) Australian
Lover of Tim Conigrove
Geoffrey Parsons (1929 - 1995) Australian
Pianist
Diane Whipple (1968 -2001) US
Lacrosse
David Kato, ( ? - 2011) Uganda
Hate crime victim, modern Uganda martyr
Sodomy in history, January 26th
1973 — A California appellate court rules that the First Amendment does not protect the right of actors to engage in sodomy or oral copulation for a film.
1996 — The Tennessee Court of Appeals strikes down the state’s sodomy law on privacy grounds. The Tennessee Supreme Court declines to review the decision and asks the Court of Appeals to publish its decision to make it precedent.
1999 — A New York court rules that the state’s prostitution law covers homosexual prostitution.
1996 — The Tennessee Court of Appeals strikes down the state’s sodomy law on privacy grounds. The Tennessee Supreme Court declines to review the decision and asks the Court of Appeals to publish its decision to make it precedent.
1999 — A New York court rules that the state’s prostitution law covers homosexual prostitution.
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