The greatest writers in their respective language—WilliamShakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes —died on the very same day in the very same year，April ，。They probablydid not know of each other.Two men who knew each other well—the second and the third Presidents of the United States，JohnAdams and Thomas Jefferson —died on the very same day inthe very same year，the Fourth of July in .Adams's lastwords were：“Jefferson still lives.”Jefferson had died，however，a few hours earlier.
两用各自民族语言写作的最伟大的作家——威廉·莎士比亚和米格尔·德·塞万提斯死于同一年的同一天：年月日。他们也许没有听说过对方。有两位互相很熟悉的人 ——美国的第二位总统约翰·亚当斯和第三位总统托马斯·杰斐逊也死于同一年的同一天：年月日。亚当斯临终时说的话是：“杰斐逊还话着。”可是杰斐逊已在几小时前去世了。