Strangeways and Holmes were supping their Whiskey
When Watson came back to their rooms.
In the throws of their wild drunken stupor
Their bulldog got drunk on the fumes.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, English author famed for his creation, Sherlock Holmes, was born today in 1859.

George Best, Northern Irish Footballer, was born on this day in 1946.

Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author, died on this day in 1972.