In a message dated 97-02-12 11:17:59 EST, MNHPB018@SIVM.SI.EDU (Mike Brett-Surman) writes: << February 12 is the birthday of CHARLES DARWIN >> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't Darwin and Abe Lincoln born on the same DAY (Feb 12 1809), not just the same date? (My biographical dictionaries are all back in Buffalo...)