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Theodor Seuss is born
In Springfield -
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Theodor Seuss
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He publishes his first cartoon
It's called Jack-O-Lantern -
Marries Helen Palmer
And moves with her to New York. -
"And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" was his first children’s book.
He wrote an even earlier, unpublished children’s book in 1931. -
Helen Palmer Geisel dies
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Seuss wins the first ever Outstanding California Author Award
It was presented by the California Association of Teachers of English. -
Dr. Seuss wins the Pulitzer Prize
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Theodor Seuss dies
In la Jolla, California