Roger Casement, Leslie Feinberg, Lily Tomlin, Siegfried Sassoon
Born: Roger Casement (1864), Leslie Feinberg (1949), Lily Tomlin (1939)
Died: Siegfried Sassoon (1967)
Born on this day
01SepBorn 1864162nd birthday
Roger Casement
He exposed colonial atrocities in the Congo and the Amazon – and when he was sentenced to death, his diaries were used to destroy the campaign to save him.
01SepBorn 194977th birthdayLeslie Feinberg
The author of “Stone Butch Blues” gave the word “transgender” its political meaning – and fought for workers, butches and trans people.
01SepBorn 193987th birthdayLily Tomlin
The comedian behind Ernestine the telephone operator has shared her life and work with writer Jane Wagner since 1971.