2015 Event Animal rights activists lose a case to free two chimpanzees being held for research purposes; the activists argued that the animals are highly intelligent and should be treated as humans with similar legal rights 2015 Event Two animal rights activists are placed under house arrest, awaiting trial for acts of terrorism against the fur industry; in 2013, Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane released minks from mink farms and vandalized fur businesses across the U.S. 2010 Event The Census of Marline Life 10-year study reports that 230,000 species of animal live in the world's oceans 2010 Event Scientists announce the discovery of three new animal species that spent their entire lives without oxygen; the species are phylum Loricifera 2002 Death Frank Inn, Hollywood animal trainer, discovered Benji, dies at 86 1996 Death Percy Edwards, animal imitator, dies at 88 1995 Death John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81 1994 Death Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93 1991 Death Gordon Heath, actor (Sapphire, Staircase, Animal Farm), dies 1990 Event Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal and twists his ankle 1988 Event Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London 1984 Death Sunny Johnson, actress (Animal House), dies cerebral hemorrhage at 30 1984 Event DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal 1980 Death Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies 1977 Death Loren C Eiseley, U.S. anthropologist/writer (Animal Secrets), dies at 69 1975 Event Oldest animal fossils in U.S. discovered in North Carolina 1965 Death Margaret Dumont [Daisy Baker], actress (Animal Crackers), dies at 75 1961 Death James Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66 1961 Event 1st animal returned from space, dog named Blackie aboard Sputnik 9 1957 Event U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit 1957 Event Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor 1956 Birthday Mark Mendoza, born in Long Island, New York, born Mark Glickman, known as Mark 'The Animal' Mendoza, bassist, songwriter, musician, member of band, Twisted Sister, also performed with The Dictators, Blackfoot, genres include hard rock, shank rock 1955 Birthday Stephen Furst, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actor, Animal House, Elliot-St. Elsewhere 1954 Birthday Philthy Animal, Philip Taylor, rock drummer, Motorhead 1953 Birthday Martha Smith, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Animal House, playmate, July 1973 1950 Event ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch) 1950 Death George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 1947 Birthday Tim Matheson, born in California, actor, Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek 1947 Birthday Peter Riegert, born in New York City, actor, Animal House, Crossing Delancey 1946 Birthday Josh Mostel, New York, actor, Windy City, Animal Behavior, Money Pit 1946 Event George Orwell published "Animal Farm" 1943 Birthday Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House 1940 Event J Thurber and E Nugent's "Male Animal," premieres in New York City 1939 Event 1st animal conceived by artificial insemination (rabbit) displayed 1938 Event 1st animal breeding society forms in New Jersey 1932 Birthday John Vernon, Canada, actor, Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry 1932 Event Philip Barry's "Animal Kingdom," premieres in New York City 1926 Birthday Hans Andreus, Johan W van der Zant, Dutch poet, Animal Language 1925 Birthday Bill Burrud, born in Hollywood, California, host, Safari to Adventure, Animal World 1913 Death Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren), dies at 68 1910 Birthday Lillian Roth, Rutstein, singer and actress, Animal Crackers 1908 Birthday Percy Edwards, animal imitator 1907 Birthday Loren Eiseley, professor of Anthropology, Animal Secrets 1906 Death Fritz Schaudinn, German animal scholar: examined amoebasis, dies at 34 1903 Birthday George Orwell, British writer, Animal Farm, 1984 1903 Birthday Clyde Beatty, U.S. animal trainer/actor, Big Cage 1895 Birthday Babette Deutsch, U.S. poet, Animal vegetable mineral 1871 Birthday Fritz Schaudinn, German animal expert, examined syphilis 1864 Birthday Carl Ethan Akeley, U.S., naturalist, devoleped animal mount process 1844 Birthday Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer, Von Tieren und Menschen 1832 Death Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (La Regne Animal), dies at 62 1819 Birthday Edouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian animal painter/graphic artist 1812 Birthday Benno Adam, animal painter 1789 Death Peter Camper, anatomist/animal scholar, dies at 66 1769 Birthday Georges Cuvier, French zoologist, La Regne Animal 1724 Birthday George Stubbs, England, animal painter, House Frightened by Lion 1579 Birthday Frans Snyders, Flemish animal painter
