Born this day
1906 – T.H. White – UK Author – Died 17th January 19641944 – Helmut Berger – Austrian Actor
1947 – Gene Robinson – US Bishop
1959 – Rupert Everett – UK Actor / Singer
1960 – Mike Freer – UK Politician
1961 – Melissa Etheridge – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician
1962 – [or ?? June 1962] Michael Clark – UK Dancer / Choreographer / Actor
1969 – Eric Hanson – US Porn / Model
1975 – Melanie Brown – UK Singer / Actress
1975 – David Burtka – US Actor / Chef
1980 – Mark Feehily – Irish Singer
Died this day
1927 – Georges Eekhoud – Belgian Author – Born 27th May 1854
1957 – James Whale – UK Director / Actor – Born 22nd July 1889
1991 – Coral Browne – Australian Actress – Born 23rd July 1913
2004 – Zebedy Colt – US Actor / Musician – Born 20th December 1929
2008 – Paula Gunn Allen – US Poet / Literary Critic / Activist / Author – Born 24th October 1939
2008 – Steven Parrish – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1989/90
Sodomy in history, May 29th
1918 — Massachusetts reduces the maximum penalty for oral sex from 3 years to 2½ years in the house of correction, but still permits 5 years in the local jail.1953 — The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upholds an "assault" conviction of a man for placing his hands on the private parts of an undercover police officer.
1967 — The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear a challenge to the Florida sodomy law.
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