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Major events during Frank L. Baum's lifetime

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    Baums life

  • abraham lincoln inagurated as 16th president

    abraham lincoln inagurated as 16th president
  • civil war erupts in america

  • lincoln assassinated by john wilkes booth

  • baum enters peekskill military school

  • General custers men wiped out by sitting bull

  • Rutherford B hayes inaugurated as 19th president

    Rutherford B hayes inaugurated as 19th president
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    Baum manages Opera house in Richburg, New York

  • Baum writes the play The Maid of Arran

  • Frank Baum marries Maud Gage

    Frank and Maud end up having four children
  • statue of liberty dedicated to the united states

    statue of liberty dedicated to the united states
  • Baums nursery ryhme Mother Goose in Prose is published

  • Frank Baum writes Father Goose: His Book

  • wizard of oz published

    wizard of oz published
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz becomes a broadway musical

  • first wizard of oz movie released