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.