August 21, 1123 - Bernard of Clairvaux died. (Readers familiar with Eleanor of Aquitaine will recognize him.)
August 21, 1996 - The new Globe Theatre in Southwark opened with a production of Two Gentlemen of Verona. This was actually the third Globe theatre: the first built by Shakespeare burned down after a performance of Henry VIII and the rebuilt theatre was torn down in the 1600s.
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