Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

AT A GLANCE

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Bill Gates was 13 when he began programming computers.

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On Harry Potter’s 11th birthday, he learned he was a wizard.

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Tatum O’Neal was only 10 years old when she in 1974. She still holds the record for the youngest winner in an acting category. Quvenzhané Wallis was 9 when she was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for the 2012 film . (She was just six at the time of filming.)

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