Animation Fun Facts for May 26, 2013

Birthdays: John Churchill the first Duke of Marlborough, Pope Clement VII the Medici Fox-1478, Mary Wollenstonecraft Godwin 1759- early feminist writer and mother of Mary Shelley, Alexander Pushkin, Isadora Duncan, Norma Talmadge, Paul Lukas, John Wesley Hardin the shootist, John Wayne, Al Jolson, Jay Silverheels (Tonto), Peter Cushing, Robert Morley, Peggy Lee ( He's a Tramp), Sally Ride, Pam Grier is 64, Helen Bonham Carter is 47, Bobcat Golthwaite, Matt Stone the co creator of South Park 1962- The Isley Brothers single “Twist & Shout” released. 1995- Looney Tunes director Friz Freleng died at age 89. 1995- In a memo to Microsoft, founder Bill Gates declared the Internet the “most important single development” since the IBM personal computer.