1910- The first Krazy Kat comic
strip- Cartoonist George Herriman was doing a strip for Hearst called "The
Family Upstairs". He was amused at the idea of a friendship between a cat
and a mouse. So Herriman put them in the corner playing marbles while the family
quarreled. First an office boy and later editor Arthur Brisbane suggested they
have their own strip. The immortality of the denizens of Coconino County
follows, loved by the likes of H.L. Mencken, e.e.cummings and Jacques Kerouac.
Krazy herself explains:" It's wot's behind me that I am."
1926- Artist Antonio Gaudi was run
over by a streetcar while crossing in front of his famous cathedral in
Barcelona. Construction begun in 1886, The Cathedral Sacreda Familia is still
scheduled for completion- in the year 2035.
1939 -
Barney Bear, cartoon character, by MGM, debuts
1957- “Tom Terrific and Manfred the
Wonder Dog” cartoon debuts on the Captain Kangaroo show.
1995-110,000
people jam Central Park in New York to see Disney's Pocahontas, the
largest audience ever to attend an animated movie premiere.
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