Nick - The history of animation.

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1900	Stop-motion animation	James Stuart Blackton was the first film maker to use stop motoin animation and is considered the American father of animation
01/01/1908	The first short	The first short comprised solely of animated images, Emile Cohl's Fantasmagorie, receives its premiere in Paris.
01/01/1914	Gertie	Gertie the Dinosaur is widely considered the first animated short to feature a distinguishable character, as animator Winsor McCay brings a walking, dancing dinosaur to life.
01/01/1919	Felix the Cat.	Felix the Cat makes his debut and becomes the first famous animated cartoon character.
01/01/1922	Walt Disney first.	Walt Disney animates his first animated short, Little Red Riding Hood.
01/01/1930	Looney tunes debut	Warner Bros. Looney Tunes makes its debut with Sinkin' in the Bathtub.
01/01/1932	flowers and trees	The first full-color, three-strip Technicolor animated short, Flowers and Trees, is released. The film wins Disney an Oscar for Best Short Subject
01/01/1933	popeye	Popeye makes his debut alongside Betty Boop in the seven-minute short Popeye the Sailor.
01/01/1940	woody woodpecker	Woody Woodpecker arrives on the scene with a small role in the Andy Panda cartoon Knock, Knock.
01/01/1941	First animated musical	The first full-length animated musical, Mr. Bug Goes to Town, is released.
01/01/1982	Tron	Tron marks the first time that computer-generated images are used extensively within film.
01/01/1995	toy story	The first computer-animated film, Toy Story, is released to theaters.
01/01/2000	fantasia	Fantasia 2000 becomes the first full-length animated film to be shown exclusively on the huge IMAX® cinema screens.