Saturday, October 23, 2021

Tom Sito's Animation Almanac for Oct. 23, 2021

 

Birthdays; Johnny Carson, Adlai Stevenson, Pele, Zioniev, Weird Al Yankovic, Dwight Yoakham, Michael Crichton, Chi-Chi Rodriquez, Phillip Kaufman, porn star Jasmine St. Claire, Gummo Marx, Ang Lee is 67, Ryan Reynolds is 45, Sam Raimi is 62
 

1928- A financial consortium led by Wall St. banker-bootlegger Joseph Kennedy Sr. bought the Keith Albee theater circuit and merged it with the Radio Company and the Orpheum theaters to form Radio-Keith-Orpheum or RKO pictures. 

1930- The first Miniature Golf tournament held in Chattanooga Tenn.


1940- Shooting on the film Citizen Kane wrapped.


1941- Walt Disney’s Dumbo premiered. 

1971-Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opened.

2001- Apple Computers launched the ipod. Once you could collect all your favorite songs in a little device, it sealed the doom of the record industry. 





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