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On this day in 1957, James McGreevey was born. He became the first openly gay governor in U.S. history when he came out during his 2004 resignation as New Jersey's governor.
On this day, President Barack Obama awarded King the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work advocating for the rights of women and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.[166][167] This made her the first female athlete to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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