1995 Event "Hamlet" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 121 performances 1995 Event "Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 121 performances 1994 Death Innokenti Smoktunovski, Russian actor (Hamlet), dies at 69 1992 Event "Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances 1992 Event "Hamlet" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances 1991 Event "I Hate Hamlet" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 88 performances 1991 Event "I Hate Hamlet" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 88 performances 1990 Death Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66 1989 Death Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82 1979 Death Felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90 1976 Event "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 7 performances 1976 Event "Rockabye Hamlet" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 7 performances 1975 Birthday Kate Winslet, born in Reading, England, actress, Titanic, Jude, Hamlet, Get Back 1973 Event Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender 1968 Death Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 1959 Death A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73 1949 Event 21st Academy Awards - "Hamlet," Laurence Olivier and Jane Wyman win 1948 Event Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" opens at Park Avenue Cinema 1936 Birthday [Aino] Elina Salo, born in Sipoo, Finland, actress, Hamlet Goes Business 1930 Birthday John Cullum, born in Knoxville, actor, Hamlet, Hawaii, Northern Exposure 1928 Birthday Kat[i]e [Gertrude] Wilhelm, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Hamlet Trap 1917 Death Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and director (Hamlet), dies 1912 Birthday Reinoud Anders, Dutch actor, Hamlet 1910 Birthday Ben Aerden, John Mikkelsen, actor, Hamlet 1910 Birthday Norman Wooland, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, actor, Hamlet 1907 Birthday Laurence Olivier, England, actor, Rebecca, Hamlet, Jazz Singer 1906 Birthday Esmond Knight, East Sheen, England, actor, Hamlet, Sleeping Murder 1905 Death Henry Irving, John H Brodribb, English actor (Hamlet), dies at 67 1905 Birthday Grigori Kozintsev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, director, Hamlet, King Lear 1894 Birthday Basil Sydney, born in England, actor, Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife 1893 Event Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet and Ophelia," premieres in Boston 1889 Birthday Felix Aylmer, actor, Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, St. Joan 1868 Event The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris 1838 Birthday Henry Irving, John H Brodribb, England, knighted 1895/actor, Hamlet 1833 Birthday Edwin Thomas Booth, U.S., U.S. Hall of Fame/actor, Hamlet 1616 Death William Shakesphere, English author (Hamlet) 1564 Birthday William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright, Hamlet
