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Kari Korhonen
1973Oct, 8

Kari Korhonen

Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
Kari Korhonen (born 1973) is a Finnish cartoonist known for his stories about Donald Duck.Korhonen has been drawing Disney comics for the Danish publisher Egmont Group since 1993, where he is most known for his work on Donald Duck stories and Winnie the Pooh. Apart from his work at Disney characters he is also known as a commercial illustrator for magazines and children's books. In 2011 Korhonen wrote and drew the first Angry Birds comic.

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Events on 1973

  • 20Jul

    Bruce Lee

    Bruce Lee, the famous Chinese actor and martial-arts expert, dies in Los Angeles at age 32 from a brain edema possibly caused by a reaction to a prescription painkiller.
  • 15Aug

    Cambodia

    Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
  • 22Aug

    Salvador Allende

    The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
  • 17Oct

    1973 oil crisis

    OPEC imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria.
  • 4Nov

    1973 oil crisis

    The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.