As everyone’s probably heard by now, Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born on Feb 12, 1809 (200 yeas ago today).
I can think of several examples of shared death dates: Shakespeare and Cervantes; Th. Jefferson and John Adams; John Kennedy, CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley. But can anyone think of other pairs of shared birth dates?
I’m thinking mega historical figures. So let’s nip this in the bud right now: don’t come back with Mary Kate and Ashley Olson.
I’ve been going through Wikipedia, and the best I’ve found so far is May 19, 1925:
* Pol Pot, Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader (d. 1998)
* Malcolm X, African-American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
and October 13, 1925:
* Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Lenny Bruce, American comedian. (d. 1966)
This is the 23rd April, now World Book Day. Unfortunately England and Spain were using different calenders at the time (1616), so actually Cervantes died 10 days earlier than Shakespeare. Or perhaps even 11, as the date on his tombstone would probably be the day after he actually died. Not that I want to be pedantic, or anything . . .