Ah, but you all also forgot and I get to be the first to say Happy Anniversary! Yesterday, Feb 2, 1870, was their wedding day, So Happy 143 wedding anniversary :) Jules -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kent_Rasmussen Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 4:46 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Happy Mark Twain becomes Mark Twain Day! Throughout this past week, I planned to be first to post a Mark Twain birthday message today. Now I see someone else has beaten me to it. Well,= it's good to know that this anniversary has not gone unnoticed. Incidentally, the sesquicentennial of the "birth of "Mark Twain" would ma= ke a great theme--or subtheme--for this year's Elmira conference.