Events Database

30 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Oct 2, 12Mark Twain 'based Tom Sawyer on drinking buddy from steam baths'
Jul 29, 12The 10 best… closing lines of books
Jul 18, 12Teacher's aide sacked over claim that Huckleberry Finn is 'racist'
Jul 11, 12Mark Twain museum joins calls to save Kensal Rise library
May 30, 12Kensal Rise library stripped in night of books and Twain plaque
May 11, 12Why the world needs Val Kilmer
May 4, 12Fox family actors return to great-grandfather's glittering Yorkshire hall
Apr 28, 12John Mullan's 10 of the best: trials
Apr 19, 12Booker's double prizewinner adds to the lustre of county Durham's Silver Swan
Apr 4, 12Michael Crummey's top 10 literary feuds
Dec 19, 11What will win over a 14-year-old boy who dislikes vampires and thinks all adult books are boring
Nov 30, 11Happy birthday, Mark Twain
Nov 30, 11Mark Twain gets birthday tribute from Google
Nov 30, 11Mark Twain celebrated in Google doodle
Jul 21, 11Hold the sugar and spice: Mark Twain's Advice to Little Girls
May 25, 11Stephen Kelman's top 10 outsiders' stories
Jan 5, 11Censoring Mark Twain's 'n-words' is unacceptable
Jan 5, 11New Huckleberry Finn edition censors 'n-word'
Nov 26, 10Mark Twain on truth and fiction
Nov 21, 10The Autobiography of Mark Twain – review
Nov 14, 10Rewind radio: Night Waves: Comedy or Tragedy; Autobiography of Mark Twain; Boot Camp on a Boat
Oct 30, 10Mark Twain: not an American but the American
Oct 16, 10This column will change your life: The wit and wisdom of Mark Twain
Jul 18, 10How Mark Twain, a long-dead American, is set to revive the global voice of Granta
Jul 12, 10Mark Twain's autobiography: reports of his life greatly anticipated
Jul 7, 10Twain's smoking diaries
May 24, 10Century-long wait for Mark Twain's autobiography is over
Apr 22, 10Mark Twain manuscript reveals author's pain at losing his daughter
Apr 21, 10Intimate memoir revealed as fans honour Mark Twain centenary
Feb 3, 10Why young narrators so often sound phony