Have You Heard, today (11/13) marks the 75th anniversary of the Disney animated film “Fantasia.”
While many movie experts give the film rave reviews, it was not considered a huge success in 1940.
The film’s high cost ($2.3 million in 1940; $39.1 million in 2015) and other factors, such as the war in Europe, made it hard for the movie to make money.
However, over time, that’s changed.
The film has now grossed in the area of $80 million in the U.S., making it one of the top 25 money-making films of all time in this country, when adjusted for inflation.
The Beatles’ animated film “Yellow Submarine” was released in the U.S. 47 years ago today.
It was the Beatles’ third film but, outside of the soundtrack, the Fab Four had relatively little involvement in the movie.
For the most part, voice actors voiced the Beatles’ lines.
Nowadays, the presidential campaigns begin two years out.
However, Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for president 36 years ago today, less than a year before the 1980 election.
Three years later (11/13/1982), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
Greg Maddux of the Atlanta Braves won his fourth straight Cy Young Award 20 years ago today.
Maddux was the first to win four in a row. Randy Johnson later matched that streak (1999-2002). No pitcher other than Johnson and Maddux have won three straight.
Whoopi Goldberg is 60 today.
Today is “World Kindness Day.”
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