Born this day
Jackie “Moms” Mabley (1894 – 1975) US
Comedian
Randy Steven Kraft (1945 – ) US
Serial Killer
Ricky Wilson (1953 – 1985) US
Musician / Singer
Diane Anderson-Minshall (1968 – ) US
Journalist
Comedian
Randy Steven Kraft (1945 – ) US
Serial Killer
Ricky Wilson (1953 – 1985) US
Musician / Singer
Diane Anderson-Minshall (1968 – ) US
Journalist
Died this day
Arthur C Clarke (1917 – 2008) UK
Science fiction author, inventor,and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them "2001: A Space Odyssey", and as a host and commentator in the British television series ""Mysterious World". For many years, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.
Sodomy in history, March
1860 — Virginia’s new sodomy law eliminates death for slaves, equalizing the penalty for all persons.
1895 — North Dakota becomes the eighth state to amend its sodomy law explicitly to cover oral sex.
1925 — The Virginia Supreme Court reverses the sodomy conviction of a man who had been found drunk in bed with his head on another man’s stomach and with the other man’s penis in his hand.
1929 — The Florida Supreme Court rules that emission is not needed to complete sodomy.
1973 — The New Jersey Supreme Court rules that the state’s sodomy law can not be enforced against married couples, even though the statute does not exempt them.
1981 — A Massachusetts appellate court dismisses a newspaper’s suit to allow reporters to witness restroom arrests.
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