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On Nov. 30th, 1835, Mark Twain was born. A fun fact is that Halley's Comet was in the sky.
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On April 9th, 1859, Mark Twain finally received his steamboat pilot's license.
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Samuel Clemens first used the pseudonym "Mark Twain" in the February edition of the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.
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The exact date is unknown, but in 1868 Mark Twain was contracted for his first book, The Innocents Abroad.
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On February 2, 1870, Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon.
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The exact date is unknown but in 1876, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published.
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In 1901 Mark Twain received an honorary Doctorate Degree from Yale University. In 1902 he received an honorary Doctorate Degree from University of Missouri. Then, in 1907 he received an honorary Doctorate Degree from Oxford University in England.
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On April 21, 1910, after suffering from heart complications, Mark Twain passed away. Halley's comet was in the sky again.
