Portal:Prostitution/Anniversaries/July

• 3rd
  • 1888: Death of Mattie Blaylock, prostitute and common-law wife of Old West lawman and gambler Wyatt Earp.
• 8th
  • 1845: Birth of Al Swearengen, an American pimp and entertainment entrepreneur who ran the Gem Theater, a notorious brothel, in Deadwood, South Dakota, in the late 19th century.
• 13th
  • 1941: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law a federal ban on prostitution near naval and army bases
• 16th
  • 1788: Execution of Elisabeth Gassner, an infamous German pickpocket, thief and prostitute, known as Schwarze Lies (Black Lisa).
• 25th
  • 1951: The United Nations' Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others came into force.
• 29th
  • 1910: Death of Valtesse de La Bigne, French courtesan and demi-mondaine.