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William Shakespeare, a name that needs no recognition, was the greatest dramatist of English literature. However, very few facts about his life are recorded, even if that is also a guess and not certain. There is no authentic biography of Shakespeare available.

Shakespeare was born on April 231564 in Stratford, Warwickshire. Both his father, John Shakespeare and his mother, Mary Arden, were uneducated. In his early life, perhaps Shakespeare attained grammar school where he learnt some Latin and Greek. It is considered that he never went to high school or college. Nature was his teacher, and he had a deep insight through which he learned human nature. His works were mostly based on his imagination and his perception and experience of human life. When he was 14, due to his family's economic crisis, he had to leave his school to do some job to support his family. It is not clear what kind of job he had done. There is speculation that perhaps he was a school teacher or clerk of a lawyer.

Shakespeare Married Life

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was 18 years old and she was 26. On November 27, 1582, the Diocese of Worcester's consistory court granted a permit for marriage. Two of Hathaway's neighbours placed bonds the following day ensuring that no legitimate claims would prevent the marriage. The Worcester chancellor allowed the marriage banns to be read once rather than the customary three times, and six months after the wedding, Anne gave birth to a daughter, Susanna, who was baptised on May 26, 1583, suggesting that the ceremony may have been planned in some haste. Nearly two years later, son Hamnet and daughter Judith, who were twins, were baptised on February 2, 1585. At the age of 11, Hamnet passed away from unexplained circumstances and was buried on August 11, 1596.

Shakespeare left little historical traces after the twins were born, and it wasn't until 1592 that he

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Col. Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., better known as Buzz Adrin, was one of the three American astronauts on the historical Apollo 11 mission, during which, on 20 Jul 1969, he followed Neil Armstrong out of the lunar landing craft, and he became the second man to set foot onto the lunar surface.

After their return, the three astronauts received, three weeks later on 13 Aug 1969, with the Medal of Freedom. This, the highest civilian honor, was presented by President Richard Nixon at a dinner in Los Angeles, for their participation in the first manned moon landing mission. The eveent was attended by representatives of 83 countries.

The iconic pictures of footprints on the moon were those taken by Adrin of the marks left in the lunar soil by his own boots. They are reported on the NASA website as“part of an experiment to study the nature of lunar dust and the effects of pressure on the surface. The dust was found to compact easily under the weight of the astronauts leaving a shallow but clear impression of the boots, characteristic of a very fine, dry material. The footprint image has also become one of the enduring symbols of the first visit to the Moon.”

Thus, it was natural that he refer to these footprints in his acceptance speech:

“The honor you have given us goes not to us as a crew, but to … all Americans, who believed, who persevered with us. … What Apollo has begun we hope will spread out in many directions, not just in space, but underneath the seas, and in the cities to tell us unforgettably what we will and must do. There are