As I noted earlier, Chuck Jones died. He was involved with creating Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and that poor coyote. All are icons of today's culture.

Chuck was 89. I got to thinking about the year he was born.

Chuck was born in 1912. An 89 year old that died in 1912 would have been born in 1823, the year of the Monroe Doctrine. President Monroe was our 5th President. William Taft was President in 1912. There were 17 Presidents during Chuck's lifetime. The Wright Brothers had their first flight 9 years before. The Model T had been in production for 3 years although Ford's first moving production line wouldn't start for another year. The first refigerator, for home use, wouldn't appear for another year. World War I was still 2 years away. The first transcontinental telephone call was three years away. The Russian Czar Nicholas would be Czar for another 5 years. Women would not be allowed to vote for another 6 years.

Some events in 1912. Captain Rober Scott's Antarctic expedition ended in his death. The first ad for Crisco appeared (it had been intoduced the year before.) New Mexico and Arizona were added as states to make 48 states. The U.S. Marines intervened in Nicaragua to protect American business interests (some things haven't changed.) There was a war in the Balkans (some more things haven't changed.)