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  Theodor Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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  Ted started using the pen name "Seuss" when he was writing in college.
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  Dr. Seuss's first book was published.
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  "The Cat in the Hat" was published.
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  Dr. Seuss wrote this book using only 50 different words. The 50 words are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.
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  Dr. Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" TV film was released. It was 26 minutes long.
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  Dr. Seuss passed away at age 87.
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  In 2004 stamps were created to honor Dr. Seuss and all of this great works.