"There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press."
"The problem is not that we have too many fools, it's that the lightning isn't distributed right."
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
• 1835 Mark Twain ( Samuel Langhorne Clemens ) borne on 30 November in Florida , the state of Missouri to father - John Marshall Clemens and mother - Jane Lampton Clemens.
• 1839 Clemens family moves to Hannibal , the state of Missouri .
• 1847 His father dies.
• 1851 Begins work as a journeyman printer for his brother Orion Clemens with the Hannibal Journal. Publishes first sketches.
• 1853 Sam Clemens leaves Hannibal and works as a printer in New York City , Philadelphia , St. Louis , and Cincinnati .
• 1857 Returns to Missouri and works as a cub pilot on Mississippi River steamboats.
• 1859 Receives steamboat pilot license.
• 1861 Joins his brother Orion and travels around Nevada . Works as prospector at silver mines in Virginia City , Nevada .
• 1863 Works as reporter at Virginia City newspaper, the Territorial Enterprise. Adopts pen name "Mark Twain".
• 1864 Leaves Nevada, prospects in Calaveras County , California . Works as a journalist for San Francisco newspapers and magazines.
• 1866-1868 Visits Hawaii as a reporter for Sacramento Union and Alta California . Travels as correspondent to Europe and the Holy Land on the Quaker City . Meets Olivia Langdon.
• 1869 Becomes engaged to Olivia Langdon. Publishes "Innocent Abroad".
• 1870 Marries Olivia Langdon.
• 1876 Publishes "Tom Sawyer".
• 1883 Publishes " Life on the Mississippi ".
• 1884 Publishes "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
• 1889 Completes and Publishes "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court".
• 1891-1894 Leaves in Europe . Travels in Europe and United States .
• 1895 Starts world lecture tour to Canada , India , Australia , New Zealand and other countries to resolve financial difficulties.
• 1897 Publishes "Following the Equator", based on the round-the-world tour.
• 1907 Awarded honorary Doctor of Letters by Oxford University
• 1910 Dies on April 21 at Stormfield.
