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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Births, deaths, whatever

Today marks the anniversary of the birth of failed ophthalmologist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sir Arthur is famous as the man to popularise the phrase, “no shit Sherlock” which was the refrain in his best-selling novel, The Easy Cases of Whitechapel Lane.

Today also marks the death day of Italian historian Durastante Natalucci in 1772. A controversial figure amongst contemporary Australian historians, Mr Natalucci is best remembered for scrupulously sourcing his facts.

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