The Volokh Conspiracy - More Dying on the Same Day:

William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, the two great authors of their age, both died on April 23, 1616. Yet, as with yesterday's post, this coincidence would have been largely ignored by a hypothetical Seventeenth Century international newspaper. Why?

	[Puzzleblogger Kevan Choset, October 7, 2005 at 12:15pm] Trackbacks More Dying on the Same Day: William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, the two great authors of their age, both died on April 23, 1616. Yet, as with yesterday's post, this coincidence would have been largely ignored by a hypothetical Seventeenth Century international newspaper. Why?