• Apr 23, 1564

    Shakespear Was Born

  • Shakespear Died

  • English king Charles II crowned in London

  • English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in NYC

  • Canada issues its 1st postage stamps

  • 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal)

  • McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China

  • I Was Born

  • A 1% flash crash hits the US stock market after a news agency was hacked and claimed injury to President Obama

  • The French National Assembly passes an amended bill legalizing same-sex marriage