On this day
26
January

Angela Davis, Ellen DeGeneres, David Kato

Born: Angela Davis (1944), Ellen DeGeneres (1958)
Died: David Kato (2011)

Born on this day

26JanBorn 194482nd birthday

Angela Davis

Her acquittal after an international campaign was followed by decades of work on racism, feminism and prison abolition.

26JanBorn 195868th birthday

Ellen DeGeneres

A comedian whose public coming out changed the possibilities for gay characters on American television.

Died on this day

26JanDied 201115th anniversary of death

David Kato

He challenged the public exposure and persecution of gay Ugandans, winning a privacy case shortly before his murder.