A cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation. Actual celluloid (consisting of cellulose nitrate and camphor) was used during the first half of the 20th century, but since it was flammable and dimensionally unstable it was largely replaced by cellulose acetate.
On 14 May 1948, the day before the expiration of the British Mandate, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel..
Utah officially became a U.S. state on Jan. 4, 1896. Florida became a state on March 3, 1845. Alaska was the 49th state to join the union on Jan. 3, 1959. Missouri became a state on Aug. 10, 1821. West Virginia was the 35th state admitted, doing so on June 20, 1863. Oregon became a state on Valentine's Day in 1859.