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CLASSIC PUBLISHED ON THIS DAY IN 1843

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Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870)

Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens left school at the age of 12
to work in a factory when
his father was incarcerated in a debtors’
prison
. After three years he was returned to school, before he began
his literary career as a journalist. Dickens edited a weekly journal for
20 years, wrote 15 novels, five
novellas, hundreds of short stories
and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed
readings extensively, and campaigned vigorously for children’s rights, education and other social reforms.

In 1836 Dickens married Catherine Hogarth, with whom he would
have nine children. He died from a stroke in 1870 at the age of 58,
with his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, still unfinished.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY IN 1998

After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives
approved two articles of
impeachment against President Bill
Clinton
, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand
jury and obstructing justice.

Clinton, the second president in American history to be
impeached, vowed to finish his term.

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