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Which came first: Curious George or Woodstock festival?

Curious George came first, in 1941 (published). Woodstock festival followed 28 years later, in 1969 (held).

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  1. First1941

    Curious George

    book · published

    Curious George first appeared as Fifi in a 1939 Paris book; his authors escaped the Nazis and the book came out in 1941.

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  2. Second1969

    Woodstock festival

    event · held

    Woodstock drew more than 400,000 people to a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, in August 1969.

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