1900 115 Years Ago

Births: Woody Woodpecker creator Walter Lantz, “patriarch of Soviet animation” Ivan Pyetrovich Ivanov-Vano, Chinese animation pioneers Laiming and Guchan Wan, Disney supervising director David Hand, abstract animator/ artist Oskar Fischinger.

Debuts: Porky Pig in Friz Freleng’s I Haven’t Got a Hat, Molly Moo Cow in Van Beuren Studio’s Picnic Panic Releases: Tex Avery directs first short Gold Diggers of ‘49, Wilfred Jackson’s The Band Concert is the first color Mickey Mouse cartoon, Disney releases Oscar winners The Tortoise and the Hare and Three Orphan Kittens

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