Benjamin Britten, André Gide, Billie Jean King, Rose Cleveland

Born: Benjamin Britten (1913), André Gide (1869), Billie Jean King (1943)
Died: Rose Cleveland (1918)

Born on this day

22NovBorn 1913113th birthday

Benjamin Britten

His partnership with tenor Peter Pears shaped both his private life and some of the most distinctive music of the twentieth century.

22NovBorn 1869157th birthday

André Gide

The Nobel laureate challenged conventional morality and defended homosexuality in print, leaving a complex legacy.

22NovBorn 194383rd birthday

Billie Jean King

She won 39 Grand Slam titles and used her standing in tennis to fight for equal pay and LGBTQ+ rights.

Died on this day

22NovDied 1918108th anniversary of death

Rose Cleveland

The President’s sister served as First Lady – and her love letters to Evangeline Simpson are among the best-documented lesbian romances of the 19th century.