April 23rd, 1564 to be. Or not to be. That is the question. William Shakespeare is believed to have been born on this day in Stratford upon Avon, England. The poet and dramatist known as the Bard, one of the greats in world literature, dies on the same day, 52 years later. 1998 James Earl Ray, confessed assassin of Martin Luther King Junior, dies at a Nashville hospital at age 70. Once behind bars, Ray later insisted he had been framed, alleging a conspiracy behind the killing of the civil rights leader. 1993 We’re going to go to the public and ask him not to eat grapes. Labor leader Cesar Chavez dies in Arizona at age 66. Chavez, who organized migrant farm workers LED boycotts and strikes to secure bargaining agreements with growers and 1954 Hank Aaron with what’s then the Milwaukee Braves begins his long climb to becoming baseball’s home run king. Aaron hits the 1st of 755 career home runs during a game against the Saint Louis Cardinals. The Braves win that game 7:00 to 5:00 today in history April 23rd Sandy Cosell, The Associated Press.
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