23rd January

LGBT people born today:

1898 – Sergei Eisenstein – Russian Director / Producer / Screenwriter – Died 11^th February 1948

1924 – Joyce Grant – South African Actress – Died 11^th July 2006

1934 – Pierre Bourgault – Canadian Politician / Author / Actor / Journalist – Died 16^th June 2003

1942 – Patrick Fyffe [Dame Hilda Bracket] – UK Comedian / Singer / Entertainer – Died 11^th May 2002

1943 – Gary Burton – US Musician

1954 – Kyle Rae – Canadian Politician / Activist

1977 – Devon Barry – US Porn - Died 5th August 2005

And those who died:

1981 – Samuel Barber – US Composer – Born 9^th March 1910

1998 – Alfredo Ormando – Italian Author – Born 15^th December 1958

2003 – Nell Carter – US Actress – Born 13^th September 1948

Events in LGBT history:

2008 – Couple (Hamzeh Chavi & Loghman Hamzehpour) arrested in Sardasht, Iranian Azerbaijan for homosexuality