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21 hours ago · Oscar Wilde found guilty of gross indecency: 1912: The Cave of the Golden Calf opens: 1921: Plans to make lesbian activity illegal defeated: 1936: Mark Weston transitions: 1952: John Nott-Bower begins crackdown: 1954: Pitt-Rivers, Montagu, Wildeblood imprisoned: 1954: Alan Turing commits suicide: 1957: Wolfenden report released: 1967: MSM ...
21 hours ago · In 19th-century England, green indicated homosexual affiliations, as popularized by gay author Oscar Wilde, who often wore a green carnation on his lapel. [13] [14] According to some interpretations, American poet Walt Whitman used the sweet flag plant to represent homoerotic male love because of its phallic connotations.
21 hours ago · Worthing (/ ˈ w ɜːr ð ɪ ŋ / WUR-dhing) is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, 11 miles (18 km) west of Brighton, and 18 miles (29 km) east of Chichester.
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- England
- 7 m (25 ft)
- West Sussex
21 hours ago · Actors Actor James Earl Jones in 2013 Emily Blunt in 2014 German silent film actor Bruno Kastner circa 1920 Actress Marilyn Monroe in 1953's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Actors with stutters Name Lifetime Comments Reference(s) Rowan Atkinson 1955–present English comedian, screenwriter, and actor who incorporates his stuttering into his work by using over-articulation to overcome problematic ...
21 hours ago · Gene Hackman, Oscar-winning actor, The French Connection, Superman, Hoosiers, Unforgiven (born in California) H. G. Hadden, 1895 football player-coach for Notre Dame; Jerry Hadley, operatic tenor; Mickey Haefner, MLB pitcher 1943–50; Jean Hagen, Oscar-nominated actress, Singin' in the Rain, Adam's Rib, The Asphalt Jungle, Make Room for Daddy
21 hours ago · Marissa Mayer (born 1975), chief executive officer of Yahoo ; Oscar Mayer (1859–1955), founder of meat packing company (Milwaukee, Fitchburg) John Menard Jr. (born 1940), business executive ; George Safford Parker (1863–1937), pen inventor and entrepreneur (Shullsburg, Janesville)
21 hours ago · Sir Thomas Abney, sheriff of London in 1694 This is a list of sheriffs of the City of London. Pursuant to a royal charter of Henry I c. 1131, the liverymen of the City elected two sheriffs of "London and Middlesex" upon payment of £300 per annum to the Crown. This practice continued until 1889, when the Local Government Act 1888 came into force. Thereafter a High Sheriff of Middlesex and a ...
