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Robert Comier was born in Leominster, Massachusetts.
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Dick Tracy first appears in comics.
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The original King Kong is shown in theaters.
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When he was in elementary school his seventh-grade teacher read one of his poems and told him that it was very good and he could be a writer.
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This attack bring the U.S into World War II
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When he was in college one of his teachers liked one of his stories so much that she submitted it to a magazine and that was his first ever published work
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Japan formally surrendered
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After attending college he began his career in journalism. He first began at WTAG radio station. He then worked at the Worcester Telegraph and Gazette and finally at the Fitchburg Sentinel, where he won three major journalism awards
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E. B. White publishes Charlotte's Web.
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Disneyland opens in California
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(For adults) Now and at the Hour is published
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United States sends troops to Vietnam.
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He gave up full-time journalism to concentrate on novel writing. His first three books were moderately successful until he wrote The Chocolate War that attracted many young readers to start reading his novels
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Neil Armstrong lands on the moon .... Or did he?
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The Chocolate War is published and it is his first book for young people.
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I Am the Cheese was published. It included his phone number which he used as the number of one of his characters. 617-537-3331
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Robert left newspaper work to devote all his time to writing novels for young people
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Challenger explodes.
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Robert Cormier wins the Margaret A. Edwards award. He was the 3rd recipient.
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Operation Desert Storm begins.
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He never lived further than 3 miles from the house where he was born.
