16th August

LGBT people born today:
1902 – Wallace Thurman – US Author / Playwright – Died 21st or 22nd December 1934
1923 – Pierre Seel – French Author – Died 25th November 2005
1940 – Alix Dobkin – US Singer / Songwriter
1946 – Robert Amsel – US Activist
1946 – David Mixner – US Activist
1958 – Madonna – US Singer / Actress

And those who died:
1959 – Wanda Landowska – Polish / French Harpsichordist – Born 5th July 1879
1962 – Nancy Cook – US Suffragette – Born 26th August 1884
1978 – Jean Acker – US Actress – Born 23rd October 1893
1989 – Donald Friend – Australian Artist / Author – Born 6th February 1915
2005 – William Corlett – UK Author – Born 8th October 1938