The History Of Animation

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
02/02/1824	Peter Roget	Peter Roget first states that moving objects will create the illusion of something being "alive".
02/02/1872	Phenakistoscope	Phenakistoscope was created, it was a disk that span and created an illusion of moving figures.
02/02/1889	Kinetoscope	" Kinetoscope" is invented by Thomas Edison, and was a machine that used a large strip of film to create the visual effect that is similar to today's movies.
11/30/1910	En Route	First paper cutout animation is created by Emile Cohl.
09/14/1914	Gertie, The Trained Dinosaur	"Gertie, The Trained Dinosaur" is produced and consists of 10,000 drawings made by Winsor Mccay.
02/02/1919	Koko the Clown	Max Fleischer creates "Koko The Clown", a famous animated clown.
11/09/1919	Felix The Cat Is Created	Felix The Cat is created, and became one of the most famous characters during the silent film era.
10/16/1923	Disney Brothers	"Disney Brothers" is founded by Walt and Roy Disney.
10/06/1927	The Jazz Singer	"The Jazz Singer" is released by Warner Brothers, and introduced images and sound combined.
11/28/1928	Mickey Mouse Is Created	Mickey Mouse is created by Walt Disney and made his first deput in the same year in "Steamboat Willie".
05/20/1930	Warner Bros Founded	Harry, Jack, Albert, and Sam create Warner Bros, by using their last name(s).
06/01/1930	Warner Bros	Warner Bros creates Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Porky The Pig. These characters are the most famous characters that Warner Bros have created.
06/06/1937	Sketchpad	"Sketchpad" is released by Ian Sutherland, and was the first computer program that could be used for drawing and drafting.
12/21/1937	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", a film Walt Dsney produced, is released.
09/26/1941	Superman	"Superman" is created, and was the first animated tv show created.
12/15/1966	Walt Disney Dies	Walt Disney, a pioneer in animation, dies from lung cancer and leaves the company to his brother.
05/06/1972	Computer Facial Animation	The first Computer Facial Animation is made by Fred Parke.
07/09/1982	Tron	First movie with CG effects added.
06/19/1983	Dragon's Lair	First game to use animation as the greater part of the game.
05/20/1988	Willow	The film "Willow" is released, and was the first film to contain morphing.
06/11/1993	Jurassic Park	First movie with realistic animated creatures implemented
11/22/1995	Toy Story Is Released	"Toy Story" is released, and was the first first full-length CG film.
07/18/2002	Blender	"Blender", an open source animation program written in C and C++, was first released.
05/30/2003	Finding Nemo	Finding Nemo became the highest grossing animation of all time.
11/04/2005	Chicken Little	"Chicken Little" is released, and was the first film to use digital 3d animation, where the effect is the characters seem to bulg out of the screen.