June 9th

On this day - June 9th 1934 -  Donald Duck made his debut 

Donald Duck, the famous Walt Disney cartoon figure, made is debut in "The Wise Little Hen", a 7 minute long movie. The story is about Donald Duck and his friend Peter Pig who tried to avoid work by faking stomach aches. The cartoon was published in the US on June 9th. Donald rose to his fame for the next two decades and the cartoon was a part of over 150 theatrical movies. He got his own film series in 1937 and it was in those films that Daisy Duck was introduced. The name Donald Duck might have come from the Australian cricket player "Donald Bradman" who were touring the US at the time Walt Disney created Donald Duck. Clarence Nash voiced Donald from the first movie and until his death in 1985. He has also voiced Tom in Tom & Jerry and convinced Walt Disney to pick him for Donald's voice after an audition. Donald Duck has been voiced by Tony Anselmo since Nash's death.

Copyright: Walt Disney Studios 

May 10th

On this day - May 10th 1962 - The first "The Incredible Hulk" cartoon was published 

The Hulk was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and published by Marvel Comics. The first comic was inced by Paul Reinman and the title of the comic book was "The Incredible Hulk #1. The series first ran for six issues, before it was canceled in march 1963. The Hulk thereafter became a character in  "Tales to Astonish", which later changed its name to the Incredible Hulk, and Hulk from 1999. The Hulk-series are still being produced today. The fictional superhero was inspired by Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. His main color is green, although he has been colored in other colors since the superhero was first created and his alter ego is Dr. Bruce Banner. The first story in the first magazine was about how Dr. Bruce Banner became the Hulk in an accident with the "gamma bomb". The cartoon have since been made into two movies, and The Hulk played a prominent role in two of the Avenger movies.