In History – Founding of Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio

TODAY IN HISTORY - 10/16:

1923 - Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio founded by Walt & Roy Disney

1950 - The first edition of C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" is released in London
1987 - Jessica McClure rescued 58 hrs after falling 22' into a well shaft

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1854 - Oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, (Pic of Dorian Gray), (d. 1900)
1925 - Angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote)
1986 - Marie Osmond marries Brian Blosil
1992 - Author J. K. Rowling(27) weds Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes
2013 - Actress and singer Kristen Bell (30) weds actor Dax Shepard (38) at the Beverly Hills County Clerk's Office in California

GOODBYE TO:

1793 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, beheaded at 37
1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72
1997 - Audra Lindley, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers), dies at 79
1997 - James Mitchner, author (Hawaii), dies of kidney failure at 90

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