I suppose one could say the month - November - because that was when the
first story was published in Beeton's Christmas Annual, but there is nowhere
a day to be found!

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From: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
[mailto:SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...] On Behalf Of Anand
Balachandran Pillai
Sent: 26 March 2009 09:05
To: SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia@...
Subject: Re: [sherlock holmes society of india] Sherlock Holmes' Birthday



Thanks Tim. So I guess there is no mention in the canon on the
exact date. I myself can't recall to the mind any instance of this
being discussed...

Regards

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Tim Symonds
<tim.symonds@ <mailto:tim.symonds%40shevolution.com> shevolution.com> wrote:
> SH's birthday is usually simply placed at the year he was first revealed
to
> the world, i.e. 1887_
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> Sherlock Holmes is the fictional creation of
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com/sirarthurconandoyle.html> Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who
> wrote about the detective in a series of 60 stories published between 1887
> and 1927. Holmes was famous for his extra-keen powers of observation and
> deduction, which he used to solve perplexing crimes and mysteries. He
> operated from his flat at 221b Baker Street in London, assisted by his
> friend <http://www.who2. <http://www.who2.com/drwatson.html>
com/drwatson.html> Dr. Watson. The nefarious
> criminal <http://www.who2. <http://www.who2.com/jamesmoriarty.html>
com/jamesmoriarty.html> Professor Moriarty
> appears as Holmes's antagonist in some of the tales. Sherlock Holmes was
an
> immediate hit in Doyle's day and remains so popular that he is sometimes
> mistaken for a real historical figure.
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