1613
All the world's a stage
London's Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
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1767
The British Parliament approved the Townshend Acts.
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1972
The Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual" prompting some states to revise their laws.
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1995
The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit Earth.
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2003
Actress Katharine Hepburn died.
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