Tom Sito's Animation Almanac for June 27, 2024

Birthdays: Swedish King Charles XII "the Madman of the North", Helen Keller, Norma Kamali, Charles Stuart Parnell," Captain Kangaroo" Bob Keeshan, Emma Goldman, Marine General Chesty Puller, Walter Johnson, Ross Perot, Isabella Adjani is 69, Lauren Hill, Alice McDermott, J.J. Abrams is 58, Tony Leung Chu Wai is 62, Toby McGuire is 49. Katherine Beaumont the voice of Alice in Alice in Wonderland, and Wendy in Peter Pan 

1693 – The first woman's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published in London.

1743- The English under George II defeat the French at Dettingen, and composer Georg Frederich Handel wrote in celebration the Dettingen Te Deum. 

1922 - Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids’ literature, the first winner was Hendrik Van Loon.

1935- Disney short Who Killed Cock Robin? Directed by Dave Hand. 

1949 - "Captain Video & His Video Rangers," debut on DUMONT-TV. The first Sci-Fi show made for TV.

1962- Daryl F. Zanuck showed up at the quarterly meeting of the exec board of 20th Century Fox, and in a celebrated corporate showdown, he wrested back control of the company he founded in 1935, but had since lost control of.

1966- TV soap opera Dark Shadows premiered. Barnabas Collins was the first vampire to have issues with his job, and so became the ancestor of the modern romantic vampires of True Blood, Interview With the Vampire, and Twilight.

1967- In London, Barclay’s Bank sets up an automated teller machine, which they called a Robot Teller, but we know today as the first ATM.

1973- Senior White House Counsel John Dean testified to the Watergate committee that President Richard Nixon maintained an Enemies List. The list ran from Senator Ted Kennedy and journalist Daniel Shore, to June Foray and Bill Scott, who did the cartoon voices of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bullwinkle the Moose. 

1984- Hollywood introduced the PG-13 rating to indicate graphic violence, invented for the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

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986 -Labyrinth as released, fantasy directed by Jim Henson, written by Terry Jones, with concepts by Brian Froud. With David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly. The animated owl in the opening is the first ever digitally created rendering of an organic animal. Done by Bill Kroyer.

2008- Pixar’s WALL-E opened in theaters.