23/06/2026
Honorary Manc Alan Turing was born on this day in 1912. 🖥️🌈
He cracked the enigma code which shortened WW2 by two years, saving over 14 million lives. His efforts at the time were widely disregarded due to the 20th-century attitude to homosexuality. In 2013, the ‘Alan Turing Law’ was passed which officially pardoned those convicted of same-sex relationships.
Each year on this day, people from honor his birthday by surrounding his Sackville Gardens statue with flowers. Since 2013, they have raised over £12,700 for the bloody ace , who use video games and technology to enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities.