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Norman Z. McLeod, American film director, screenwriter and cartoonist knwn for the Marx Brothers comedies and Twilight Zone TV series, was born on September 20, 1898.
Born 4 days apart
Notable people are born as a set of twins and registered close together.
born on September 24, 1898 (d. 1968)
Howard Florey
Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945
born on September 20, 1898
Norman Z. McLeod
American film director, screenwriter and cartoonist knwn for the Marx Brothers comedies and Twilight Zone TV seriesNorman Z. McLeod
was conceived around December 14, 1897
and has 2 events
A full gestation takes 280 days. Have you ever checked what happend when you were conceived? You should, because it matters.
282 days before
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The comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids debuts in the New York Journal
It happened on 12 December, 1897
One of the first ethnic comic strips, The Katzenjammer Kids, debuted in the funny pages of Sunday newspapers beginning in December of 1897. The comic strip followed the antics of German twins, Hans and Fritz, and their mother, Momma Katzenjammers. It may be viewed as offensive by today’s standards, but during its heyday, The Katzenjammer Kids was thought to be clever in its depiction of the German culture. Let’s take a look at this century old comic strip. (Source: History Daily) The Katzenjammer Kids is an American comic strip created by Rudolph Dirks in 1897 and later drawn by Harold Knerr for 35 years (1914 to 1949).Featuring: Rudolph Dirks. (more...)
285 days before
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The first issue of the feminist newspaper La Fronde is published by Marguerite Durand in Paris.
It happened on 9 December, 1897
“La Fronde. A major daily newspaper. Political and literary. Managed, administrated and compiled exclusively BY WOMEN. In the French population women are in the majority…Women pay taxes which they have no say in approving; their manual labour and intellectual work contribute to the wealth of the nation and they claim the right to be allowed to voice their opinion on all questions affecting society and humanity, of which they are members on a par with men.” - Marguerite Durand, French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette Meanwhile… The comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids debuts in the New York Journal. 280 days later… Featuring: Marguerite Durand. (more...)
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Marguerite Durand
1864-1936
French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette who founded her own newspaper and had a pet lion
Norman Z. McLeod
September 20, 1898
American film director, screenwriter and cartoonist knwn for the Marx Brothers comedies and Twilight Zone TV series
Rudolph Dirks
February 26, 1877
Earliest and most noted comic strip artists, well known for The Katzenjammer Kids
Norman Z. McLeod’s Accomplishments
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The American screwball comedy Monkey Business, directed by Howard Hawks and starring marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant, is released
It happened on 5 September, 1952
Featuring: Marilyn Monroe, Norman Z. McLeod, Charles Coburn, Howard Hawks, Cary Grant.
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Once Upon a Time Twilight Zone
It happened on 15 December, 1961
Featuring: Buster Keaton, Richard Matheson, Norman Z. McLeod.
Norman Z. McLeod has registered 1 child into the Xanadu Blockchain
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