Mark Twain died on this day in 1910 at the age of 74. He was an American author and humorist. He drew on his childhood along the Mississippi River to create masterpieces of humor and sarcasm, including "Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
On this day in 2004, the United States Congress unanimously passed a bill in support of Taiwan's inclusion as an observer in the World Health Organization.