Walt Disney (1901–1966) was an American animator, film producer and
entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he holds the
individual records for the most Academy Award wins (22) and nominations
(59). On October 16, 1923, he founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio
with his brother Roy. He created the character Mickey Mouse and, as the
studio grew, introduced synchronized sound, full-color three-strip
Technicolor and technical developments in cameras. He expanded into
feature-length cartoons, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(1937), Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941) and Bambi
(1942), and made live-action films like Mary Poppins (1964). He opened
Disneyland in Anaheim, California, in 1955, and was working on another
theme park, Disney World, in 1965. Disney was shy and self-deprecating
in private but adopted a warm and outgoing public persona. He is widely
acknowledged as a national cultural icon.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1841:
The Church of Scotland established Queen's College in Kingston,
Ontario, in Canada.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_University_at_Kingston>
1923:
Roy and Walt Disney founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio
in Hollywood, which eventually grew to become one of the largest media
and entertainment corporations in the world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company>
1964:
With the success of Project 596 (mushroom cloud pictured),
China became the world's fifth nuclear power.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_596>
1991:
A man drove his vehicle through the window of a Luby's
Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, and opened fire, killing 23 people before
fatally shooting himself.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27s_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
abligurition:
(chiefly archaic, rare) Prodigal expenditure on food.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abligurition>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A function of free speech under our system of government is to
invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purposes when it
induces a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions
as they are, or even stirs people to anger. Speech is often provocative
and challenging. It may strike at prejudices and preconceptions and have
profound unsettling effects as it presses for acceptance of an idea.
--William O. Douglas
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_O._Douglas>
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