Happy birth, and death, day to The Bard

I remember always liking things that were deemed "hard to understand." Isiah was, for a long time, my favorite book of scripture. I don't remember the first time I heard of or read Shakespeare, but I have had a long-time love for his words.

"According to tradition, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. It is impossible to be certain the exact day on which he was born, but church records show that he was baptized on April 26, and three days was a customary amount of time to wait before baptizing a newborn. Shakespeare's date of death is conclusively known, however: it was April 23, 1616. He was 52 years old and had retired to Stratford three years before." - History.com

BTW the History channel as well as history.com are new highs on my favorites lists. Yay for learning!