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April 21, 1930: "All Quiet on the Western Front" based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Louis Wolheim and Lew Ayres premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Outstanding Production 1930). https://t.co/QJvhlmZM9L

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April 2, 1805: Writer Hans Christian Andersen is born in Odense, Denmark. Best known for his fairy tales writing "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling." https://t.co/xwpOzVpHOT

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January 26, 1900: Henrik Ibsen's play "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer" (When We Dead Awaken) premieres in Stuttgart. His later works can be read as social commentaries, peering past the facades of social propriety to see the disquieting truths which hid behind. https://t.co/7PY6TMVUu7

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January 4, 1847: Manuscripts of Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" and Anne Brontë's "Agnes Grey" sent to publisher T.C. Newby (published December 1847). https://t.co/IvfaRaAnsd

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November 14, 1883: "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson is first published as a book by Cassell & Co. https://t.co/EKbNLjOQLg

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Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". https://t.co/uEdTHgN5mk

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May 17, 1900: "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is first published by L. Frank Baum with illustrations by William Wallace Denslow in Chicago. https://t.co/5xUYnuMmVf

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November 21, 1931: Horror film "Frankenstein" is released, starring Boris Karloff as the monster, directed by James Whale and based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus." https://t.co/QpIQTjkZJL

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The Boxcar Children is a children's book series originally created in 1924 and written by teacher Gertrude Chandler Warner. Today, the series includes nearly 160 titles. The original novel tells the story of four orphaned Alden children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny. https://t.co/n5mussy8ic

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April 10, 1925: Scribner's publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. https://t.co/klFl85GmCO