Born this day
Spring Byington ( 1886 – 1971 ) USActress
Clifford Kitchin ( 1895 – 1967 ) UK
Author / Barrister
Sumner Locke Elliott ( 1917 – 1991 ) Australian / US
Author
Montgomery Clift ( 1920 – 1966 ) US
Actor
Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers, The Singing Nun ( 1933 – 1985) Belgian
Nun / Singer
Barry Jackson ( 1946 – 1999) UK
Activist
Sir Cameron Mackintosh ( 1946 – ) UK
Producer
Howard Rollins ( 1950 – 1996) US
Actor
Rebecca Wight ( 1959 – 1988) US
Hate Crime Victim
Rob Marshall ( 1960 – ) US
Choreographer / Director
Keith Fulton ( 1965 – ) US
Actor / Director
Mark Gatiss ( 1966 – ) UK
Actor / Screenwriter / Author
Rick Mercer ( 1969 – ) Canadian
Comedian
Ariel Levy ( 1974 – ) US
Author / Journalist
Ryan McGinley ( 1977 – ) US
Photographer
Tarell Alvin McCraney ( 1980 – ) US
Playwright / Actor
Died this day
Pierre Bernac (1899 – 1979) French
Singer
Alberta Hunter ( 1895 – 1984) US
Singer / Songwriter / Actress
Gunvor Hofmo ( 1921 – 1995 ) Norwegian
Author
Kaaseem Adalla Juanda ( ???? – 2005) US
Murder Victim
Daniel Emilfork ( 1924 – 2006 ) Chilean / French
Actor
Andrea Wandell ( ? – 2009 ) UK
Murder Victim
Sodomy in history, October 17th
1956 — An Illinois appellate court overturns the sodomy conviction of two men because no plea had been entered before the trial. The court refuses to publish the text of its opinion.
1958 — A New York court overturns the disorderly conduct charge against two men for fondling each other in a restroom, because they did not solicit.
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