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In 1963Events January-March January 11 The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 Elysee treaty between France and Germany January 28 Black student Harvey he joined the Royal Shakespeare CompanyThe Royal Shakespeare Company is a theatre company located in Stratford-upon-Avon, London, and Newcastle. It was founded by Peter Hall in 1960. Key productions The Wars of the Roses adaptation of the Henry VI plays, directed by Sir Peter Hall ( 1963- 64) in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri and appeared there for several seasons. By this stage he had established a successful career in films. In 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar Cusack's wife, Maureen Kiely , an actress, died. Two years later in 1979 he married Mary Rose Cunningham . He received honorary doctorates in 1977 and 1980 from the NUI and the University of Dublin respectively. In 1984 he appeared as the shop-keeper and Thought Police spy Charrington in the film version of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. In 1989 his performance in the film My Left Foot, with Daniel Day-Lewis, contributed to its success. Cusack's last stage performance was in Chekhov's The Three Sisters, in which three of his daughters played the sisters. His four daughters, Niamh , Sorcha , Sinéad and Catherine are actresses. His sons, Paul and Pádraig, work as a producer with RTÉ and in computers, respectively.