Mark Twain
Full Name: Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens]
Nationality:
Profession: Author
Why Famous: American author and humorist, best known for "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) and its sequel, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."
Born: November 30, 1835
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Florida, Missouri, USA
Died: April 21, 1910 (aged 74)
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Articles on Mark Twain
River of Dreams Delivers a Writer of Genius
Forced to find a new job when the American Civil War struck the Mississippi river, Samuel Longhorne Clemens turned to writing and Mark Twain was born.
February 2, 1863
How the Qwerty Keyboard was Born
A typewriter patent was granted on this day to the man who would go on to produce and inflict on us all the ubiquitous Qwerty keyboard.
June 23, 1868
Married Life
- 1870-02-02 American writer (Huckleberry Finn) Samuel Langhorne Clemens, pen name Mark Twain, (34) marries Olivia Langdon (24) in Elmira, NY
Historical Events in the Life of Mark Twain
- 1863-02-03 Samuel Clemens first uses the pen name Mark Twain in a Virginia City newspaper, the "Territorial Enterprise"
- 1865-11-18 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
- 1884-12-10 "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain is first published in the UK and Canada (US Feb 1885, due to printing error)
- 1885-02-18 Mark Twain publishes the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the US
- 1931-04-06 "A Connecticut Yankee" film based on novel by Mark Twain, directed by David Butler, starring Will Rogers is released
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