Today I Found Out
The Forgotten Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, Norton I (2017x146)
Air date: Jun 14, 2017
If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to suppo→’s likely that the latter date is the correct one. His family immigrated to South Africa when he was quite young, where his father headed a small Jewish community. As a young man, he initially attempted to run his own business in Cape Town but quickly went bankrupt and started working at his father’s ship chandlery instead.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton
http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/articles/n/nortonJoshua.html
http://www.molossia.org/norton.html
http://www.emperornortonbaybridge.com/was-emperor-norton-insane.html
http://www.emperornorton.org/1024/ChivalrousActs.htm
http://cf.rims.org/Magazine/PrintTemplate.cfm?AID=3474
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