Friday, March 20, 2015

Animation Fun Facts for March 20, 2015


Birthday: Roman poet Ovid 43BC, Napoleon’s son Napoleon II "l'Aiglon" The eaglet, Henryk Ibsen, Lauritz Melchior, Ray Goulding, Mr. Rogers, Bobby Orr, Sheldon "Spike" Lee is 57, B.F. Skinner, Pat Riley, Sir Michael Redgrave, Edgar Buchanan, Holly Hunter is 57, William Hurt is 65, Carl Reiner is 92, Chris Wedge is 57.


1903- Henri Matisse exhibits at the Salon des Independents in Paris.

1943-MGM's "Dumb Hounded" the first Droopy Cartoon.


1969-John Lennon married Yoko Ono on the Rock of Gibraltar.


1991- A judge ordered the Walt Disney Company to pay Peggy Lee $3.8 million for the songs she wrote and performed in the film Lady and the Tramp. This additional income was from videocassette sales for a re-issue of the soundtrack. In 1955 she was paid $3,500.

1999- Legoland opened in Carlsbad Cal.

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