Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Animation Fun Facts for Oct 13, 2020


Birthdays: Revolutionary War hero Mary Ludwig nicknamed Molly Pitcher, Lily Langtry-the Jersey Lilly, Lenny Bruce, Larraine Day, Nipsy Russell, Cornel Wilde, Margaret Thatcher, Herblock, Yves Montand, Nancy Kerrigan, Sammy Hagar, Marie Osmond, Kelly Preston, Chris Carter, Paul Simon is 80, Sascha Baron-Cohen is 49



1269-Henry III's rebuilding of Westminster Abbey completed, the bones of St. Edward the Confessor were re-interred.

 

1903- Victor Herbert’s operetta Babes in Toyland premiered.

 

1904- Sigmund Freud's book 'The Interpretation of Dreams" first published.

 

1938- RKO Pictures was having a salary dispute with their singing cowboy Gene Autry. So they cast around for another handsome cowpoke. Today they signed a Cincinnati born dentist from a vocal group called the Sons of the Pioneers named Leonard Slye. He became a star with the film “Under Western Skies” under his new name- Roy Rogers. 

 

1947- Kukla, Fran & Ollie debuted on television. Burt Tillstrom was the creator and puppeteer and Fran was his wife.

 

1978- Mickey Mouse gets his star on Hollywood Blvd Walk of Fame.

 

1993- The Nightmare Before Christmas premiered. Directed by Henry Selick. Based on a three page poem Tim Burton wrote in the 80s while a Disney staff animator. 


 

2016 – Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.


 

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