2012 Event Love letters written between poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning are published online by Wellesley College and Baylor University 1989 Event "Dead Poets Society" starring Robin Williams, premieres 1970 Birthday Ethan Hawke, born in Austin, Texas, actor, Dad, Dead Poets Society, Explorers 1969 Birthday Robert Sean Leonard, New Jersey, actor, Dead Poets Society, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge 1944 Birthday Peter Weir, born in Sydney, Australia, director and writer, Witness, Dead Poets Society 1852 Birthday Edwin Markham, U.S., poet, 1st winner of American Academy of Poets Award 1937 1845 Event Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding
