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Wewha (–) was a Zuni Native American from New Mexico, a notable fiber artist, weaver and potter. As the most famous lhamana on record, Wewha served as a cultural ambassador for Native Americans in general, and the Zuni in particular, serving as a contact point and educator for many European-American settlers, teachers, soldiers, missionaries, and anthropologists. In , Wewha was part of the Zuni delegation to Washington, D.C.; during that visit, Wewha met President Grover Cleveland.
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M. Forster ( – ) is born in London. After his brilliant novel A Passageto India in , he produced no new works. His gay novel Maurice was written in , but not published until after his death. For 50 years his lover was a married London police officer named Bob Buckingham.
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English Criminal Law Amendment Act of takes effect. “Indecencies” between adult males in private become crimes punishable by up to two years imprisonment.
Ellis Island in New York harbor opens. Over 20 million new arrivals to America were processed until its closing in It is unknown how many of the new immigrants were gay or lesbians. Some estimates are as high as one million.
Edgar Hoover (1 January – 2 May ) is born in Washington. He was an American detective and
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Stephen John Fry (born August 24, ) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He and Hugh Laurie are the comic double act Fry and Laurie, who starred in Alfresco (with Robbie Coltrane, Ben Elton, and Emma Thompson), A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster.
His film acting roles include playing his idol Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde (), a performance which saw him nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Inspector Thompson in Robert Altmans murder mystery Gosford Park (), with Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Emily Watson; and Mr. Johnson in Whit Stillmans Love & Friendship (), with Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel, and Emma Greenwell.
Fry also made appearances in Chariots of Fire (), with Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Ian Holm, Lindsay Anderson, John Gielgud, Cheryl Campbell, and Alice Krige; A Fish Called Wanda (), with John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin; and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (), with Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, John Lithgow, and Stanley Tucci; V for Vendetta (),
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