2000s

List of Oz related events in the decade between 2000-2009

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Media

• 2000: The Unknown Witches of Oz, Toto in Candy Land of Oz, The Green Star of Oz: A Special Oz Story, The False Fairy, and Battle in the Underground Land are published
  • July 1st: The Hidden Prince of Oz is published
  • September 26th, 2000: Lion of Oz is released
• 2001
  • June 15th: The Rundelstone of Oz is published
• 2002
  • September 1st: Lost in Oz (pilot) was supposed to air.
• 2003
  • February 28th: The Wizard of Oz and the Magic Merry-Go-Round is published 
  • May 28th: Wicked premieres on stage
  • October 30th: Wicked opens on Broadway
• 2004
  • September 27th: Son of a Witch is published
• 2005
  • January 1st: The Emerald Wand of Oz is published
  • May 20th: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz is released
  • June 1st: The Living House of Oz is published
  • August 10th: Lord Kir of Oz is published
  • August 23rd: OZF5: Gale Force is published
• 2006
  • April 1st: The Oz Odyssey is published 
  • August 1st: Trouble Under Oz is published
  • September 9th: The Dutch language production The Wiz premieres on stage
  • September 27th: Wicked opens in London's West End
• 2007
  • December 2nd-4th: Tin Man (miniseries) airs
• 2008
  • September 23rd: The Road to Oz (biography) is published 
  • October 14th: A Lion Among Men is published
• 2009
  • February 19th: Emerald City Confidential is released
  • April 23rd: Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story is published 
  • September 30th: The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road is released

Births

• 2000
  • September 3rd: Ashley Boettcher
• 2003
  • October 15th: Garrett McQuaid
• 2004
  • April 4th: Dora Postigo

Deaths

• 2000
  • January 12th: March Laumer - 76
  • November 30th: Eloise Jarvis McGraw - 95
• 2001
  • February 7th: Tommy Cottonaro - 86
  • May 26th: Dona Massin - 84
  • August 21st: Katharine Snell - 85
• 2002
  • March 27th: Milton Berle - 93
  • April 15th: Amelia Batchelor - 94
  • August 12th: Gilvan Pereira - 64
  • September 3rd: Ted Ross - 70
• 2003
  • May 3rd: Wilson Vianna - 75
  • July 6th: Buddy Ebsen - 95
  • September 11th: John Ritter - 54
• 2005
  • January 11th: Peggi Loder - 79
  • September 30th: Sig Frohlich - 95
  • October 2nd: Nipsey Russell - 87
  • December 10th: Richard Pryor - 65
• 2006
  • August 7th: Lois January - 93
• 2007
  • February 17th: Mark E. Haas - 55
• 2008
  • April 29th: Lewis Croft - 88
  • June 17th: Henry Beckman - 86
  • December 25th: Eartha Kitt - 81
• 2009
  • February 25th: Philip José Farmer - 91
  • May 4th: Dom DeLuise - 75
  • June 25th: Michael Jackson - 50
  • August 24th: Michael Thomas - 59