On this day in 1787, Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance, structuring settlement of the Northwest Territory and creating a policy for the addition of new states to the nation. The members of Congress knew that if their new confederation were to survive intact, it had to resolve the statesâ competing claims to western territory.
Energizer Bunny. It was 1989 at St. Louis, and the team of Energizer, DDB Chicago Advertising, and All Effects, a special effects company, were in the midst of creating a marketing ploy that would rival that of its competitor, Duracell.
He animated Mickey's first short, Plane Crazy (1928) by himself in only two weeks (700 animation drawings a day!). Father of Dave Iwerks. Grandfather of Leslie Iwerks. Ub Iwerks widow, Mildred, died in 1992. He co-created (with Walt Disney), designed, and animated the first version of Mickey Mouse in 1928. In 1930, he left Disney to start his own animation studio. Among the creations of his own studio was the Flip the Frog series.