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Ludwig Von Drake is one of Walt Disney's cartoon and comic book characters. He first appeared as the presenter of the cartoon "An Adventure in Color" in 1961, an episode of the Walt Disney anthology series on television. He was introduced as an uncle of Donald Duck.Ludwig Von Drake was born in Vienna, Austria on about 1870. Some creators have presumed that his family is a German branch of the Duck family but that hasn't been included in any major stories. Ludwig had a fascination with knowledge. Since his youth he had been trying to obtain as many diplomas, in any science, as possible. By 1930 the professor had emigrated to the United States and he married the, already retired, Matilda McDuck. Matilda had presumably died by 1948 because on that year her brother Scrooge McDuck claimed he was the last McDuck. Ludwig spent the rest of his life as a loner. Among his other interests was psychology and he tried to make a psychological study of his nephew Donald Duck. According to Don Rosa's timelines Ludwig was dead by 1970Events January events January 1 Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January; regardless, a number of television series (including Mickey Mouse WorksMickey Mouse Works is a television show that features Mickey Mouse and his friends in a series of segmented cartoons. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Pluto and Ludwig Von Drake all star in their own segments. Horace Horsecollar and Quack PackQuack Pack is an animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company. It features Daisy Duck as a reporter for the TV news show What in the World with Donald Duck as her cameraman, and Huey, Dewey and Louie, Donald's nephews, appear as teenagers.) have shown him still active in the 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn.
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