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1881
Dec 28
1900
Age: 17y
1900 • L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is published in Chicago, the first of Baum's Oz books chronicling the fictional Land of Oz for children. |
1910
Age: 27y
1910 • Slavery in China, which has existed since the Shang dynasty, is now illegal. |
1917
Age: 34y
1917 • After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic (the bridge partially collapsed on August 29, 1907 and September 11, 1916). |
1954
Feb 9
Age: 72y
1954 • Hurricane Hazel makes U.S. landfall; it is the only recorded Category 4 hurricane to strike as far north as North Carolina. |