1939 Death William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 1904 Event W B Yeats/Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand," premieres in Dublin 1903 Event WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin 1865 Birthday William Butler Yeats, born in Ireland, poet, Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923
