Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Animation Fun Facts for June 18, 2014


Birthdays: M C Escher, Charles Gounod, James Montgomery Flagg, Kay Kayser, William Lassell 1799- English astronomer who discovered Neptune's moon Triton,  Richard Boone,  Jeanette MacDonald, Key Luke, Isabella Rosselini, E.G. Marshall, Roger Ebert, Eduard Daladier, Carol Kane, Sammy Kahn,  The Quay Brothers, Paul McCartney is 73

1900- The Dowager Empress of China Xiao zsi calls for the killing of all foreigners during the Boxer Rebellion.  She commits the Chinese Imperial Army to the expulsion of all the European colonialist powers. Empress Zhou Zsi was the first person westerners called the Dragon Lady, later used by Milt Caniff in his comic strip Terry & the Pirates.


1913- composer Cole Porter graduated from Yale.

1967- At the Monterey Pop Rock festival Jimi Hendrix electrified the audience then finished his set by burning and smashing his guitar on stage. Until then musicians didn’t behave in such a way towards their instruments. Ravi Shankar was particularly shocked.

1980 –"We are on a mission from God." John Landis movie " The Blues Brothers" with Dan Ackroyd & John Belushi premiered.


2010- Pixar’s Toy Story III premiered.

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