A company of actors in Elizabethan England, which changed its name to the King's Men once James I patronized them in 1603. It was Shakespeare's company and had exclusive rights to his plays.
Lord Chamberlain's Men
Fact of the Day
It is reckoned that 5,000 Britons died each year in shipwrecks between 1793 and 1815.
Quote of the Day
"Is life not a hundred times too short - to get bored?
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~ Nietzsche
On This Day
1586 American colonists arrived in Plymouth with large quantities of tobacco. Smoking caught on quickly, though it was also used in tea.
1694 The Bank of England was founded by an act of parliament as a way to finance government debt by private subscription.
1943 The concentrated Allied bombing of Hamburg led to a three hour firestorm that killed approx 30,000 civilians.