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Eight Things To Know

Eight Things To Know

Mark Twain; U.S. Grant; Navalny; Electric chair; Holocaust; Galileo; 1890, and more

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Brenda Elthon
Aug 20, 2021
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  1. Mark Twain publishes Grant’s memoirs.

  2. William Randolph Hearst gets his start.

  3. Moscow police intimidate Navalny supporters.

  4. The dentist and the electric chair.

  5. The end of the American frontier.

  6. The unsolved robbery that was the Holocaust.

  7. Odd, but true.

  8. Life in 1890.

1. Mark Twain publishes Grant’s memoirs.

In 1881, Grant’s heady two-year 'round-the…

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