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Historical Calendar - March 26th
- 1973 - Noel Cowards dies at age seventy-three.
- 1975 - A county clerk in Boulder, Colorado issues a marriage license to two gay men shortly after the local district attorney's office ruled that there were no county laws preventing two people of the same sex from marrying.
- 1985 - The U.S. Supreme Court overturns (via a tie vote) an Oklahoma law that would have banned homosexuals (or those who "promote the lifestyle") from teaching in the state's public schools.
- 1990 - Common Threads, about the AIDS quilt, wins the Oscar for Best Documentary.
- 1990 - Fashion designer Halston dies of AIDS at age fifty-seven.
- 1997 - The first official meeting of people brought together to discuss gay and lesbian rights is held at the White House. Bill Clinton is president.
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