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1998 Gay and Lesbian Games #5 open in Amsterdam
1997 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay 1996 Magda Schneider, actress (Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight), dies at 87 1996 Martin Corbett, gay activist, dies at 51 1996 Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist, dies at 21 1996 Robert Mellors, gay activist, dies at 47 1995 Paul Monette, writer, wrote, 'Becoming a Man', wrote about gay relationships, taught writing, Milton Academy, dies of AIDS in Los Angeles, California at 49 1994 Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42 1994 1st Japanese gay pride parade 1994 Gay Games close in New York City 1994 Gay Games open in New York City 1994 John Preston, U.S. writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48 1992 Geert Vissers, Dutch TV host (Gay Dating Show), dies 1991 TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man 1991 Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in New York City parade 1990 "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine 1989 1st U.S. postmark dedicated to Lesbian and Gay Pride 1987 Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50 1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men 1979 Steven Lachs, appointed California's 1st admittedly gay judge 1978 1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs U.S. Air Force 1978 Wilfred Pickles, actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog), dies at 73 1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law 1977 Walter Baldwin, actor (Gay Amigo), dies at 88 1974 Pietra Gay, WNBA guard and forward for the Houston Comets 1974 Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist 1972 1st gay theme TV movie - "That Certain Summer" 1971 Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family 1970 Matt Gay, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire 1970 Matt Gay, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire 1969 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days 1967 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer, Jr. wins, shooting a 280 1963 Gay "Mani" Mournfield, English pop bassist, Stone Roses 1962 "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 113 performances 1961 "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 113 performances 1961 Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 1959 Marcia Gay Harden, American Actress 1958 Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies 1954 Noel Gay, Richard Moxon Armitage, composer, dies at 55 1951 Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63 1950 Anthony Lloyd, born in England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, gay rights supporter, voted against the Iraq War and against renewal of the Trident Nuclear Missile System 1949 Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies 1949 Robert Mellors, gay activist 1948 Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actress, True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man 1945 Paul Monette, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, writer, wrote, 'Becoming a Man', wrote about gay relationships, taught writing, Milton Academy 1945 Harry Thomas, Dutch founder, Schlager Festival Gay Party 1945 Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay" 1944 Martin Corbett, gay activist 1939 Alice Brady, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46 1937 Walter Gay, artist, dies 1932 Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee," premieres in New York City 1932 Gay Robert Brewer, born in Middletwon, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1972 Canadian 1932 Gay Talese, author, Honor Thy Father 1928 Bill Cotton, CEO, Noel Gay TV 1925 Will Gay Bottje, composer 1923 Peter Gay, American Historian 1917 Steve Cochran, Eureka California, actor, Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas 1916 Betty Grable, St. Louis, great legs/actress, Gay Divorcee 1911 Ginger Rogers, Independence, Missouri, dancer, Gay Divorcee 1909 Magda Schneider, actress, Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight 1904 Wilfred Pickles, Halifax England, actor, Billy Liar, Gay Dog 1904 Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock 1901 Cornelia Otis Skinner, Chic, writer, When Our Hearts Were Young and Gay 1898 Noel Gay, Richard Moxon Armitage, composer 1892 Alice Brady, New York City, actress, My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee, Zenobia 1889 Walter Baldwin, Ohio, actor, Gay Amigo 1867 Joe Howard, New York City, vocalist, Gay Nineties Revue 1732 John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47 1685 John Gay, English poet, Beggar's Opera 1685 John Gay, author, Baggars' Opera |
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