Birthdays: Emile Cohl, Jacob Grimm of the Brothers Grimm, Sterling Holloway the voice of Winnie the Pooh and Kaa.
1946- Terrytoons "The Talking Magpies" the first Heckle and Jeckyl cartoons.
1956- In the Peanuts comic strip Charles Schulz first had Snoopy stand up on two legs.
1956- Walt Disney had lunch with his old nemesis Max Fleischer, now retired. The meeting was arranged by Max’s son Richard Fleischer, who was working for Disney directing Twenty Thousand Leagues. Although everyone had a nice time, Richard later admitted he found the event depressing. Seeing his dad humbled:” It was like seeing David vanquished by Goliath..”
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