2014 Event Oscar-winning film 'Frozen' beats 'Toy Story 3' over the weekend to become the highest-earning animated movie in history 2012 Event The animated film, 'The Lorax' earns $70.7 million dollars at the box office, the fifth highest returns ever for an animated film 1974 Birthday Breckin Meyer, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actor, producer, voice actor on 'King of the Hill' and 'Titan Maximum' animated television shows 1970 Birthday Doug E. Doug, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, screenwriter, comedian, played Griffith Vesey on television sitcom Cosby, voice of Bernie in the animated movie Shark Tale, and Sanka Coffie in film Cool Runnings 1968 Event Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London 1964 Birthday Yeardley Smith, born in Paris, France, actress, writer, painter, known for role as Lisa Simpson on 'The Simpsons' animated television series, appeared on 'Dharma & Greg' sitcom 1957 Birthday Brad Bird, born in Kalispell, Montana, director, screenwriter, animator known for 'The Incredibles' and 'Ratatouille', directed and animated the 2-D film, 'The Iron Giant' 1953 Event Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody" 1951 Birthday Derek Randall, cricketer, England batsman and animated cover fieldsman 1942 Event Walt Disney's "Bambi" animated movie is released 1940 Event Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio," released 1937 Event 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (New York City) 1930 Event Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes 1913 Event "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released 1906 Event 1st animated cartoon copyrighted
