Animation Fun Facts for June 3, 2012

VFX artist John Dykstra born. 1888-The poem: "Casey at the Bat" by Edward Lawrence Thayer published in the San Francisco Examiner. 1980- President Jimmy Carter announced the United States would boycott the 1980 summer Olympic Games in Moscow because of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. This included canceling Steve Lisberger(TRON) 2d animated special Animalympics, featuring animation by Brad Bird, Bill Kroyer, Roger Allers (Lion King) and more.