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2001Lily Phillips, British pornographic actress^[†]

Lillian Daisy Phillips is an English pornographic actress. Born in Derbyshire, she dropped out of university to work in the sex industry; her aesthetic is that of the girl next door. In late 2024, she uploaded a gang bang in which she had sex with 101 men to OnlyFans and then announced plans to have sex with 300 and then 1,000 men in one day. Both attracted widespread attention after Josh Pieters, who had accompanied her throughout the former, uploaded I Slept with 100 Men in One Day to his YouTube account. Although the documentary itself was praised, Phillips and OnlyFans were heavily criticised for the stunt, with commentators comparing the men to those queuing to rape Gisèle Pelicot. Phillips later defended both the stunt and her occupation. Her 1,000-men gang bang was scheduled to be filmed in America in February 2025 but postponed due to deportation fears and later cancelled. She has also filmed content with Bonnie Blue and appeared on the BBC show Newsnight.

2001Eudora Welty, American novelist and short story writer (born 1909)^[†]

Eudora Alice Welty was an American short-story writer, novelist and photographer who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the South. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. Her house in Jackson, Mississippi has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and is open to the public as a house museum.