Friday, December 2, 2022

Tom Sito's Animation. Almanac for Dec 2, 2022

 Question: What is obsidian?


Yesterday’s Question answered below: Who said, “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a Bible.”?

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History for 12/2/2022

Birthdays: George Seurat, Charles Ringling, Julie Harris, Jack Davis, Gianni Verasce, Monica Seles, Cathy Lee Crosby, Lucy Liu is 55, Britney Spears is 42


1697- Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London reopened. It was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after being destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666.


1854- Napoleon III was Napoleon's nephew and since 1848 legally elected President of the Second French Republic. But he decided that he wanted to be an Emperor like his uncle, so he seized dictatorial power on the anniversary of Austerlitz and arrested all dissenters like Victor Hugo, Alex DeTocqueville and cartoonist Honore' Daumier (gotta watch those cartoonists...)


1877- Camille Saint Saens opera “Samson & Delilah” premiered in Weimar.


1933- Voice actor Clarence “Ducky” Nash began working at Walt Disney. He would create the voice for Donald Duck and his nephews.


1935- Animator Marc Davis first day at Walt Disney Studios. He retired in 1978.


1965- Walt Disney live action comedy That Darned Cat, with Dean Jones and Hayley Mills, opened.


1982- Wild-eyed British comedian Marty Feldman (Igor in Young Frankenstein) suddenly died of a heart attack in Mexico while filming the comedy YellowBeard. He was 48.



1983- The full 13 minute video version of Michael Jackson’s song Thriller, premiered on MTV. Directed by John Landis.


1994- LA jury found Heidi Fleiss ‘The Hollywood Madam” guilty of running a prostitution ring. Charlie Sheen and Sean Penn were among her frequent flyers.


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