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January 25: The Flintstones episode "The Surprise" is first broadcast where Wilma Flintstone announces to Fred that she is pregnant. This is the first time that an animated character is depicted being pregnant.[1]
February 9: Travis Tritt, American country singer (voice of Walt in the King of the Hill episode "Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane" and Farmer Hero in the Higglytown Heroes episode "Halloween Heroes").
April 15: Paula Pell, American writer, actress, comedian, and producer (voice of Dream Director and Mom's Anger in the Inside Out franchise, Gadget Gal in The Awesomes, Barbara Glouberman, Lola's Couch Pillow, and Bubbe in Big Mouth, Ruth and Lenore in Bless the Harts).
Hugh Bonneville, English actor (voice of Santa Claus in the DuckTales episode "How Santa Stole Christmas!", Wigbert Ribbiton in the Amphibia episode "Swamp and Sensibility").
November 21: Nicollette Sheridan, English actress (voice of Eleanor in the Tarzan franchise, Darci Mason in the Static Shock episode "Toys in the Hood").
January 31: Angel Espoy, Spanish-American painter (worked in the animation industry of San Francisco, staff member of the Animated Film Corporation), dies at age 83.[43][44][45]
^Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J. B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Disney Editions. pp. 200–203. ISBN978-1-4847-5132-9.
^Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 400. ISBN9780472117567.
^Markstein, Don. "Col. Heeza Liar". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
^Home Front Heroes: A Biographical Dictionary of Americans During Wartime, Volume 3, ed. Benjamin F. Shearer (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007), p. 836
^Thomas S. Hischak, The Encyclopedia of Film Composers (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), pp. 691–693,