Sunday, 26 January 2014

January 26th in Queer History


Events this day in Queer History

LGBT people born  this day, 25th January:

1874 – W Somerset Maugham – UK Author – Died 16th December 1965
1882 – Virginia Woolf – UK Author – Died 28th March 1941
1914 – Ian Harvey – UK Politician – Died 10th January 1987
1952 – Peter Tatchell – UK Politician / Activist
1962 – Aaron Fricke – Canadian Activist / Author
1963 – Suzanne Klemann – Dutch Singer
1963 – Don Mancini – US Screenwriter / Producer / Director
1969 – Eric Banks – US Composer / Conductor 

Died this day

1975 – Charlotte Whitton – Canadian Activist / Politician – Born 8th March 1896
1986 – Bill Kraus – US Activist – Born 26th June 1947
2005 – Philip Johnson – US Architect – Born 8th July 1906
2009 – Antonio Pagan – US Politician – Born 22nd August 1958

Sodomy in history, January 26th

1800 — Virginia eliminates the death penalty for sodomy for free persons, but retains the death penalty for slaves

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