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2012 Event - In east London, archeologists find remains of the Curtain Theatre, which opened in 1577 and was where some of Shakespeare's plays were performed

1999 Event - 71st Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, Shakespeare in Love wins Best Picture, Roberto Benigni and Gwyneth Paltrow win lead acting awards

1994 Event - "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 266 perf

1993 Event - "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 266 performances

1992 Death - Laura Liddell, actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at 83

1981 Event - "Shakespeare's Cabaret" closes at Bijou Theater New York City after 54 performances

1981 Event - "Shakespeare's Cabaret" opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 54 performances

1978 Event - China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Dickens

1977 Birthday - Shannon Shakespeare, Mission BC, 100m swimmer 1996 Olympics

1953 Birthday - Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaica, reggae bassist, Sly and Robbie-DJ Riot

1946 Birthday - Felicity Kendal, Indies/British actress, Shakespeare Wallah

1933 Birthday - Madhur Jaffrey, cookbook writer/actress, Shakespeare Wallah

1932 Event - Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon

1930 Birthday - Peter Hall, born in Suffolk, England, director, Royal Shakespeare Company

1930 Death - Henry Clay Folger, Jr., CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72

1930 Birthday - Stanley Wells, director, Shakespeare Institute University of Birmingham

1926 Birthday - Cicely Berry, voice director, Royal Shakespeare Company

1925 Death - Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies

1857 Birthday - Henry Clay Folger, Jr., U.S., businessman/Shakespeare fan

1847 Event - United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon

1842 Birthday - Louis F J Bouwmeester, Dutch actor, Shakespeare

1775 Birthday - Alexander Anderson, U.S., engraver/illustrator, Shakespeare

1754 Birthday - Thomas Bowdler, famous prude, bowdlerized Shakespeare

1623 Death - Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies

1619 Death - Richard Burbage, English actor (Shakespeare), dies

1616 Death - William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

1613 Event - Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down

1611 Event - Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Tempest" 1st presented

1604 Event - William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" 1st presented

1582 Event - Playwright and poet William Shakespeare weds Anne Hathaway

1582 Event - William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway

1564 Event - William Shakespeare baptized

1564 Birthday - William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright, Hamlet

1302 Event - Romeo and Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare

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