On this day
22
July

James Whale, Manuel Puig, David Wojnarowicz

Born: James Whale (1889)
Died: Manuel Puig (1990), David Wojnarowicz (1992)

Born on this day

22JulBorn 1889137th birthday

James Whale

A film director whose horror classics found wit, vulnerability and sympathy in the figure of the outsider.

Died on this day

22JulDied 199036th anniversary of death

Manuel Puig

Manuel Puig made popular films, gossip and conversations part of a fiction that questioned sexual and political authority.

22JulDied 199234th anniversary of death

David Wojnarowicz

His images and writing made private grief a public challenge to the neglect, hostility and censorship surrounding the AIDS crisis.