Dr. Seuss By MissCarlson123 Mar 2, 1904 Theodor Seuss Geisel was born Jul 1, 1927 first cartoon was published Jan 1, 1937 published first book "And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street" Publishers rejected this book 27 times before it was finally published Jan 1, 1942 served with Farnk Capras Signal Corps during WWII Jan 1, 1954 was asked to write a book with 220 vocab words--the result " The Cat in the Hat" Jan 1, 1957 "The Cat in the Hat" was fianlly published in 1957 Jan 1, 1966 the book " How the Grinch Stole Christmas" became a movie in 1966 Sep 24, 1991 Dr. Seuss died at the age of 87