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On November 28, 1582, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license.Two years later, Anne gives birth to twins.

Shakespeare has little known about his early life.Shakespeare was christened in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564.Sometime after the birth of his own children, Shakespeare set off for London to become an actor and by 1592 was well established in London's theatrical world as a playwright.The Comedy of Errors was written in the early 1590s.The Merchant of Venice was one of the comedies he wrote in the decade.His greatest tragedies were written after 1600.

The King's Men became a popular theater troupe after Shakespeare joined them.The Globe Theater was built in London in 1599.Shakespeare bought a large house in Stratford in 1597 after becoming a major shareholder in the troupe.He retired to Stratford in 1610 and wrote his last plays.He wrote more than 100 sonnets, which were published in 1609.Shakespeare did not have his plays published during his lifetime.The first edition of his plays was printed after his death.

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Nancy Astor, the first woman to ever sit in the House of Commons, was elected to Parliament with a large majority.Lady Astor took the Unionist seat of her husband, who was moving up to an inherited seat in the House of Lords.Born in Danville.

Jeffrey Dahmer, who was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of 15 men, was beaten to death by a fellow prisoner while he was cleaning a bathroom.During a 13-year period.

Ferdinand Magellan became the first European explorer to reach the Pacific from the Atlantic after sailing through the dangerous straits below South America.On September 20, 1519, Magellan.

On November 28, 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt joined British Prime Minister and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at a conference in Iran to discuss strategies for winning World War II and potential terms for a peace settlement.Tehran, Iran, was chosen.

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