The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time
TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
The Flintstones animated sitcom was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and was originally broadcast on ABC from September
30, 1960, to April 1, 1966.
In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Flintstones the second-greatest TV cartoon of
all time (after The Simpsons).
Russi Taylor (May 4, 1944 – July 26, 2019)
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) – Russi Taylor, an actress who gave voice to Minnie
Mouse and others for more than three decades, has died.
Walt Disney Co. chairman Bob Iger announced Taylor’s death in a statement Saturday. He said Taylor died Friday at her home in Glendale, Calif. due to
complications from diabetes.
Taylor was married to the man who voiced Mickey Mouse opposite her,
Wayne Allwine, from 1991 until his death in 2009.
MIKE GRACIA
The New York "Lantern" newspaper published the first "Uncle Sam cartoon" on this day in 1852 and quickly became the symbol of the
United States. The editorial cartoon, “Raising the Wind; or, Both
Sides of the Story,” was drawn by Frank Henry Bellew (below). It
was used in criticizing U.S. policies on shipping.
Frank Henry Temple Bellew
(April 18, 1828 – June 29, 1888)
The Dunblane school massacre took place at Dunblane Primary School (above) near Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, on 13 March 1996, when Thomas Hamilton shot 16 children and one teacher dead before killing himself. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history
Public debate about the killings centered on gun control laws, including public petitions calling for a ban on private ownership of handguns and an official
inquiry, which produced the 1996 Cullen Reports. In response to this debate,
two new Firearms Acts were passed, which outlawed private ownership of
most handguns in Great Britain.
Thomas Watt Hamilton (May 10, 1952 – March 13, 1996)
A memorial at the Dunblane primary school in Scotland, where a 43-
year-old former shopkeeper with four handguns stormed the school
gymnasium.
