18th October

LGBT people born today:
1753 – Jean-Jacques-Regis de Cambeceres – French Lawyer – Died 8th March 1824
1872 – Mikhail Kuzmin – Russian Poet / Musician [or 6th October 1872] – Died 1st March 1936
1931 – Ien Dales – Dutch Politician – Died 10th January 1994
1946 – James Robert Baker – US Author – Died 5th November 1997
1953 – Tim Gill – US Activist
1956 – Martina Navratilova – Czech / US Tennis

And those who died:
1857 – Marquis de Custine – French Author – Born 18th March 1790
1973 – Margaret Caroline Anderson – US Editor – Born 24th November 1886
1979 – Virgilio Pinera – Cuban Author / Playwright / Poet – Born 4th August 1912
1988 – Sir Frederick Ashton – Ecuadorian Dancer / Choreographer – Born 17th September 1904
1994 – Timothy Conigrave – Australian Actor – Born 19th November 1959
2001 – Renee Barrett – US 9/11 victim – Born ??