Born this day
1819 – Walt Whitman – US Poet / Author / Journalist – Died 26th March 18921922 – Denholm Elliott – UK Actor – Died 6th October 1992
1945 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder – German Director / Playwright / Composer / Actor – Died 10th June 1982
1953 – Louise Frevert – Danish Politician
1954 – Lissy Groner – German Politician
1965 – Todd McKenney – Australian Entertainer
Died this day
1963 – Edith Hamilton – German / US Author – Born 12th August 1867
1967 – Billy Strayhorn – US Composer / Pianist / Arranger – Born 29thNovember 1915
1978 – Hannah Hoch – German Artist – Born 1st November 1889
1991 – Sir Angus Wilson – UK Author / Journalist / Playwright – Born 11thAugust 1913
1993 – Anji Xtravaganza – US Entertainer – Born 1966
2009 – Danny LaRue – Irish Female Impersonator / Singer – Born 26th July 1927
2010 – Donald Windham – US Author / Playwright – Born 2nd July 1920
Sodomy in history, May
1718 — Pennsylvania reinstates the death penalty for sodomy.1852 — Indiana abrogates common-law crimes, thus legalizing sodomy in the state.
1879 — Missouri permits anyone accused of committing the "infamous crime against nature" to sue for slander.
1901 — Sixteen-year-old Joseph Flaherty is committed to an insane asylum in Utah for engaging in sodomy. He is released after eight months.
1951 — The Universal Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) becomes effective and includes a sodomy provision for all members of the military.
1960 — The Colorado Supreme Court overturns the sodomy conviction of two men, saying that there was no evidence the crime actually occurred. It uses the euphemistic term "statutory offense" to describe their crime.
1977 — Arizona passes a new criminal code that abrogates common-law crimes and reduces the penalty for sodomy from a felony to a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 60 days in jail and/or a $250 fine.
1990 — The Arizona Court of Appeals, in dictum, contradicts the 1976 Arizona Supreme Court ruling and holds that sodomy between married couples is not covered by the sodomy law.Sources:
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