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Post by joplin4 on Feb 10, 2009 23:54:16 GMT -5
On February 10th:
1870: Anaheim, CA is incorporated.
1927: “Alice at the Carnival” is released.
1929: Jerry Goldsmith, who composed the scores to “Soarin” and “Mulan”, is born.
1931: “Birds of a Feather” is released.
1934: “The Grasshopper and the Ants” is released. Barrie Ingham, the voice of Basil of Baker Street, is born.
1935: Today marks the first appearance of Donald Duck in the Mickey Mouse Sunday strip.
1949: “Mickey and the Seal”, “Tea For Two Hundred” and “Seal Island” are nominated for Academy Awards.
1951: Robert Iger, head of the Walt Disney Company, is born.
1956: A memorial service is held for A. A. Milne, author of the “Winnie the Pooh” series. Milne passed away on January 31st.
1958: The “Annette” serial debuts on “The Mickey Mouse Club”.
1960: Disneyland ends its Stagecoach Line, which offered guests a chance to ride the stage.
1962: “West Side Story” beats “The Absent-Minded Professor” for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures at the Director’s Guild Awards.
1963: “The Wonderful World of Color” airs “Inside Outer Space”.
1978: “Candleshoe” is released.
1998: Walt Disney Records releases five archive albums with music by Burl Ives, Hayley Mills, Louis Prima and Gia Maione, Rex Allen, and Cliff Edwards.
2000: Jim Varney, who voiced Slinky Dog in “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2”, passes away. He was most noted for his role as Ernest P. Worrell.
2001: “House of Mouse” airs “Goofy’s Valentine Date”.
2005: Shareholders are invited to a special screening of “Dream On Silly Dreamer”, which discusses the creative forces behind classic hand-drawn animated films.
2007: Kim Possible returns to Disney Channel for a fourth season.
2008: “Ratatouille” wins Best Animated Film at the British Academy Film Awards.
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Post by joplin4 on Feb 12, 2009 22:37:34 GMT -5
On February 12:
1809: President Abraham Lincoln, who can be seen in Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln and Hall of Presidents, is born.
1934: Walt Disney applies for a trademark of Mickey Mouse.
1942: “Pinocchio” is released in Chile.
1951: “Cinderella” receives three Academy Award nominations for music and sound. “In Beaver Valley” is nominated for Best Short Subject.
1960: “Walt Disney Presents” airs “Texas John Slaughter: Desperado from Tombstone”.
1964: “The Misadventures of Merlin Jones” premieres.
1988: Siegfried and Roy make Sleeping Beauty’s Castle disappear in the Disney TV special “Disney’s Magic in the Magic Kingdom”.
1999: “My Favorite Martian” is released with “Pluto Gets the Paper: Spaceship”.
2000: Disney fans celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Cinderella” at the Royal Ball held at the Disneyland Hotel. “Mulan” premieres on The Disney Channel.
2001: Ilene Woods, the voice of Cinderella, appears at a ball held at Disneyland to celebrate the film’s anniversary.
2002: Peter Pan Special Edition is released on DVD.
2003: “Cinderellabration: Lights of Romance” is released on CD.
2004: SaveDisney.com announces a rally that will be held in Philadelphia one day before the Shareholder’s convention.
2007: Peter Ellenshaw, Disney artist who is most noted for the beautiful backgrounds in “Mary Poppins”, passes away. Disney announces that they will produce a live-action film based on “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”, which will focus more on the original idea and deviate from the 1940 version in “Fantasia” starring Mickey Mouse.
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Post by joplin4 on Feb 13, 2009 23:51:07 GMT -5
On February 13th:
1930: “Autumn” is released.
1957: “Disneyland” airs “Tricks of Our Trade”.
1959: “Walt Disney Presents” airs “Duck Flies Coop”.
1965: “Freewayphobia”, starring Goofy, is released.
1973: The WDW Recreation Club hosts a Valentine’s Dance for Cast Members at the Contemporary Resort.
1976: John Lounsberry, one of Walt’s 9 Old Men, passes away. On “The Mike Douglass Show”, Anita Bryant ends her time as co-host from Walt Disney World with several Disney stars, including former Mouseketeers.
1985: Mickey Mouse and Melissa Taylor (Disneyland’s ambassador) begin a 30 day flight around the world to celebrate Disneyland’s 30th anniversary.
1988: Expo Robotics debuts at Epcot.
1993: Lumiere’s Kitchen opens in WDW’s Fantasyland.
1996: Test Track Preview Center opens at Epcot.
1998: Jules Engel is awarded the “Friz” lifetime achievement award for animation at the Santa Clarita International Film Festival. He worked on Disney’s “Fantasia”.
1999: “Winnie the Pooh, a Valentine For You” airs on ABC. At the US Figure Skating Championships, Michael Weiss skates to the music of Disney’s “Mulan” and wins the men’s national title.
2000: Disneyland begins a new Pin Trading Program for its 45th anniversary. It also unveils its new 45th anniversary parade.
2002: It is announced from Disney’s California Adventure’s Soap Opera Bistro that ABC’s Soap Opera Weekend will be held in April.
2004: Disneyland celebrates Friday the 13th by lighting up the marquee on the new Tower of Terror attraction set to open in May.
2007: Danielle Day and her family become the first Canadian family to win a night in Cinderella’s castle as part of the Disney Dreams Giveaway.
2008: Disney releases “Tron” on Xbox. “Good Morning America” features the family that has won the trip to Disney’s Castaway Cay. Disneyland announces that they will partner with Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, LifeWare, and Taylor Morrison (home builder) to build a new house of the future in Tomorrowland.
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Post by joplin4 on Feb 17, 2009 22:54:59 GMT -5
On February 17th:
1900: Ruth Clifford, the voice of Minnie Mouse in many of the shorts through the 1940s, is born.
1906: Otto Englander, who worked on the stories for “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, “Pinocchio”, and “Dumbo”, is born.
1925: Hal Holbrook, who provided the voice of Amphitryon in “Hercules”, is born.
1933: Animator Eric Larson and Gertrude Jannes are married. To support his new bride, he seeks a job with the Walt Disney Studio.
1934: Barry Humphries, the voice of Bruce the shark in “Finding Nemo”, is born.
1960: Disneyland’s Satellite View of America closes.
1961: “Bell Telephone Hour: The Sounds of America”, which was taped at Disneyland, airs.
1963: “The Wonderful World of Color” airs part 1 of “Banner in the Sky”.
1977: Erin Cardillo, who plays Miss Tutweiller on “The Suite Life on Deck”, is born.
1981: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays Roger in “Angels in the Outfield” and Jim Hawkins in “Treasure Planet”, is born.
1983: “Tron” is nominated for 2 Academy Awards.
1992: Meaghan Jette Martin, who plays Tess Tyler in “Camp Rock”, is born.
1993: “Aladdin” is nominated for 5 Academy Awards.
2001: “House of Mouse” airs “Unplugged Club”. John Elliot Sutherland, one of the voices of Bambi, passes away.
2002: Bob Moline, composer of “Listen to the Land”, “Golden Dream”, and “Canada”, appears at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in California. The Carolwood Pacific Historical Society invites Margaret Kerry, who modeled for Tinker Bell, and David Pacheco to speak at Walt Disney’s Barn.
2004: Christy Carlson Romano steps into the role of Belle in “Beauty and the Beast”. Deborah Cox steps into the title role of “Aida”. Disney announces it will buy the Muppets and Bear in the Blue House from Jim Henson.
2006: “Eight Below” opens in theaters. President Bush arrives in Orlando for a fundraiser at Disney’s Contemporary Resort.
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Post by joplin4 on Feb 19, 2009 22:51:35 GMT -5
On February 19th:
1941: “Fantasia” opens in Chicago.
1952: “Hello Aloha”, starring Goofy, is released.
1955: Jeff Daniels, who plays Roger in the live action version of “101 Dalmatians”, is born. He also stars in “My Favorite Martian”.
1960: “Walt Disney Presents” airs “Texas John Slaughter: Apache Friendship”.
1961: “Walt Disney Presents” airs part 1 of “Westward Ho! The Wagons”.
1967: C. E. Wright’s article “Florida’s Disney World Aims at ‘70 Opening” appears in “The New York Times”.
1985: Mickey Mouse goes to China to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Disneyland.
1987: Paul Terry, who plays James in “James and the Giant Peach”, is born.
2000: The 10th episode of “Mickey Mouse Works” airs on ABC.
2002: The annual Walt Disney Company Shareholders meeting takes place in Connecticut.
2007: Engineers Week begins at EPCOT.
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Post by joplin4 on Feb 20, 2009 23:41:25 GMT -5
On February 20th:
1927: “Alice at the Carnival” premieres.
1928: “Africa Before Dark”, starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, is released.
1946: Sandy Duncan, who voices Vixey in “The Fox and the Hound”, is born. She also starred in “The Cat From Outer Space”.
1959: “Walt Disney Presents” airs “Elfego Baca: The Griswold Murder”.
1961: “Aquamania”, starring Goofy, is released.
1982: “Beyond Witch Mountain” airs as a pilot for a new television series based on “Escape From Witch Mountain”.
1985: Clarence “Ducky” Nash, the original voice of Donald Duck and his nephews, passes away.
1986: WED Enterprises becomes Walt Disney Imagineering.
1991: “The Little Mermaid” soundtrack wins the Grammy award for Best Recording for Children.
1995: AT&T and Disney announce that they will open a new Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.
1996: “Roseanne” airs part 1 of “We’re Going to Disney World”.
1998: Pleasure Island is transformed into the French Quarter for their Mardi Gras celebration.
1999: The Gap Band performs on The West End stage at Pleasure Island.
2002: Walt Disney World’s Haunted Mansion has a new tombstone dedicated to Leota in the Mansion’s cemetery.
2003: Ebert and Roeper host their Film Festival aboard “The Disney Wonder”.
2004: “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen” is released. Michael Eisner appears on “Larry King Live”.
2006: “That’s So Raven” airs “Raven, Sydney, and the Man”.
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Post by joplin4 on Mar 3, 2009 22:29:36 GMT -5
On March 3rd:
1845: Outgoing President John Tyler annexes Florida, the future home of Walt Disney World, into the United States of America.
1906: Don Novis, who was featured in The Golden Horseshoe Saloon Revue, is born.
1937: Bobby Driscoll, who starred in “Song of the South” and “So Dear to My Heart”, is born. He also provided the voice of Peter Pan.
1963: “The Wonderful World of Disney” airs “A Square Peg in a Round Hole”.
1975: Albert Fields, member of “The All New Mickey Mouse Club”, is born.
1983: Journey Into Imagination debuts at Epcot. The Buena Vista Palace Hotel opens.
1984: “The Edison Twins” premieres on The Disney Channel with “Code Affair”.
1995: The Indiana Jones Adventure, Temple of the Forbidden Eye opens at Disneyland. “The Lion King” surpasses “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” as the top-selling home video of all time.
1999: In “Winter Break”, Shania Twain sings “Amneris’ Letter” from Disney’s Aida, accompanied by the song’s composer, Elton John.
2000: Pleasure Island hosts Mardi Gras 2000.
2001: “House of Mouse” airs “Gone Goofy”. Celebration, FL hosts its first art festival. Roy E. Disney is awarded the Kodak Vision Award at the Producers Guild of America for “Fantasia 2000”.
2004: At the annual Disney Shareholder Meeting, the board of directors decides to replace Michael Eisner as chairman of the board. Senator George Mitchell is appointed to replace Eisner.
2005: Disneyland hosts a special evening celebration in honor of the Indiana Jones attraction.
2006: ESPN the Weekend begins at Disney MGM Studios.
2007: In celebration of the Platinum release of “Peter Pan”, Kathryn Beaumont (voice of Wendy) and Margaret Kerry (model for Tinker Bell) appear in Leicester Square in London.
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Post by joplin4 on Mar 7, 2009 11:45:49 GMT -5
On March 7th:
1927: “Alice the Collegiate” is released.
1935: “Mickey--Revista Infantil Ilustrada” (Mickey--Illustrated Child Magazine) is published in Spain.
1941: “Golden Eggs”, starring Donald Duck, is released.
1942: Michael Eisner, former head of the Walt Disney Company, is born.
1946: At the Academy Awards “The Three Caballeros” loses to “The Bells of St. Mary” for Sound Recording, and “Donald’s Crime” loses to “Quiet Please” for Short Subjects.
1955: At the Emmy Awards, Best Individual Program of the Year goes to “Disneyland” for “Operation Undersea”. Best Television Film Editing goes to Lynn Harrison and Grant K. Smith for “Disneyland”. Also, “Disneyland” wins for Best Variety Series Including Musical Variety.
1956: “Disneyland” airs “On Vacation”.
1962: Taylor Dayne, who appeared in Disney’s “Aida”, is born.
1980: TJ Fantini, member of “The All New Mickey Mouse Club”, is born.
1997: Pirates of the Caribbean reopens in Disneyland. “Jungle 2 Jungle” is released.
2001: Disney’s Jungle Adventures on Ice opens in the Minneapolis Target Center.
2005: Debra Hill, who produced “Gross Anatomy”, several Disney theme park films, and Disneyland’s 35th anniversary telecast on NBC, passes away. Disney announces that Mandeville Films, which is producing “The Shaggy Dog”, will produce a remake of “The Swiss Family Robinson”.
2006: Walt Disney Records releases “That’s So Raven Too”. Disney releases “The Shaggy Dog” and “The Shaggy D.A.” to DVD.
2008: Bob Gurr, who designed Autopia, the monorail, Main Street Vehicles, and Omnimovers, receives his name on a Main Street window at Disneyland. “College Road Trip” is released.
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Post by joplin4 on Mar 8, 2009 21:31:01 GMT -5
On March 8th:
1859: Kenneth Grahame, who wrote “The Wind in the Willows” (Mr. Toad segment of “Ichabod and Mr. Toad”) and “The Reluctant Dragon”, is born.
1924: Sean McClory, who appeared in “The Gnome-Mobile”, “The Happiest Millionaire”, and “Follow Me, Boys!”, is born.
1945: Bruce Broughton, who wrote the music for “The Rescuers Down Under” and “Bambi II”, is born. His music can also be heard throughout the Disney parks.
1986: Tokyo Disneyland opens Pirates of the Caribbean and Alice’s Tea Party.
1987: “The Wonderful World of Disney” airs “Big Foot”.
1996: Marvin Davis, who worked on Disneyland, “Zorro”, and other features for Disney, passes away.
2001: Disney on Ice opens in Kennewick, Washington.
2002: “Lizzie McGuire” airs “Mom’s Best Friend”.
2006: Rhoda Williams, who provided the voice for Drizella, passes away.
2008: Wayne Newton and Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals visit Walt Disney World. At Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the first Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra is born.
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Post by joplin4 on Mar 24, 2009 23:15:01 GMT -5
On March 24th:
1901: Special effects man Ub Iwerks is born.
1905: Science Fiction author Jules Verne passes away. Verne wrote “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” and “Around the World in 80 Days”, both of which Disney produced as live action films.
1922: Choreographer Onna White, who choreographed Disney’s “Pete’s Dragon”, is born. She broke into film with Warner Bros. Production of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man”.
1925: “Alice Solves the Puzzle” premieres.
1934: Disney releases the Silly Symphony “Funny Little Bunnies”.
1949: Disney’s “Seal Island” wins an Academy Award for Short Subjects/Two Reels.
1950: “Crazy Over Daisy”, starring Donald Duck, is released.
1954: Robert Carradine, who plays Sam McGuire in “Lizzie McGuire”, is born. Also, Donna Pescow, who plays Senator Stevens in “Even Stevens”, is born.
1956: The Astro Jets opens in Disneyland.
1963: “The Wonderful World of Color” airs part 2 of “Kidnapped”.
1986: “The Sword in the Stone” is released on video. This marks Disney’s fourth classic film to be released on home video.
1998: The soundtrack for “Meet the Deedles” is released. The soundtrack “Heigh Ho Banjo: Bluegrass Salutes Favorite Disney Songs” is released.
2001: “House of Mouse” debuts “Donald’s Lamp Trade”.
2002: “If I Didn’t Have You” receives an Academy Award for Best Song.
2003: “Piglet’s Big Movie” debuts at the El Capitan Theater. “Business Week” borrows Disney’s Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket images to make a point about lying on business school applications.
2005: Disney Store announces that it will open an outlet store in New York.
2006: “Hannah Montana” debuts on the Disney Channel with “Lily, Do You Want To Know a Secret?”. “Cow Belles” debuts on the Disney Channel. “Tarzan” gives its first performance on Broadway. The show will officially open two months later.
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Post by joplin4 on Mar 30, 2009 21:35:15 GMT -5
On March 30:
1822: The government of Florida, the future home of Walt Disney World, is established.
1838: Mary Richardson, mother of Elias Disney, is born.
1889: Herman Bing, the voice of the Ringmaster in “Dumbo”, is born.
1913: Animator Marc Davis is born.
1930: John Astin, who played Mr. Andrews in Disney’s “Freaky Friday”, is born. He is best remembered for the role of Gomez Addams.
1955: “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” and “The Vanishing Prairie” both receive Academy Awards.
1968: Bobby Driscoll, the voice of Peter Pan, is found dead from a heart attack. Also, Celine Dion, who sang the title song for “Beauty and the Beast” during the credits, is born.
1992: Celine Dion sings “Beauty and the Beast” at the Academy Awards with Peabo Bryson. This marks her 24th birthday. The song wins the Academy Award. Alan Menken also wins for Best Original Score. The film itself becomes the first animated film to receive a nomination for Best Picture.
2000: Heather Headley debuts in the title role of “Aida”.
2003: Disney hosts the first Inline Marathon at Walt Disney World.
2004: Fess Parker donates one of the original Davy Crockett coonskin caps to the Smithsonian Museum. Disney releases “Brother Bear” on video and DVD. Al Weiss discusses the maintenance of the Disney World parks in an article of “The Orlando Sentinel”.
2006: “The Happiest Balloon on Earth” lifts off to celebrate Disneyland’s 50th anniversary.
2007: “Meet the Robinsons” is released. The director of the film appears at MGM Studios’ Animation Gallery to sign copies of “The Art of Meet the Robinsons”. Roger Broggie is honored with a Main Street window in Disneyland.
2008: Seasons of the Vine closes at Disney’s California Adventure.
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Post by joplin4 on May 1, 2009 21:15:44 GMT -5
A new month, so I’m going to work on posting in here every day. So here goes. On May 1st:
1886: Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Kidnapped” is first published.
1915: Animator and producer Art Stevens is born.
1924: “Alice’s Wild West Show” is released.
1925: Astronaut Scott Carpenter is born. The Scott Carpenter Space Analog Station was on display in The Living Seas in 1998.
1927: Walt Disney ships his second Oswald cartoon (“Trolley Troubles”) to his New York distributor.
1940: Walt Disney receives a US patent for his multiplane camera.
1942: “Donald Gets Drafted” is released.
1946: Joanna Lumley, who plays Aunt Spiker in “James and the Giant Peach”, is born.
1947: Walt Disney Productions grants the University of Oregon the rights to use Donald Duck as their official mascot.
1954: “The Anaheim Bulletin” reports that Walt Disney has purchased land in Anaheim for a theme park.
1957: “Better Homes and Gardens” runs an article entitled “Gay ‘90s Favorite From Main Street, Disneyland”.
1977: At Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village, Lillian Disney christens the “Empress Lilly”.
1983: Ray Watson becomes chairman of Disney when Card Walker steps down.
1985: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker all sign a two year contract to produce films for Disney.
1986: The Good Turn Restaurant closes in EPCOT to make room for The Garden Grille Restaurant.
1989: The Disney-MGM Studios becomes the third Disney theme park to open at Walt Disney World. Pleasure Island also opens at Walt Disney World. It’s Music Day on MMC. The Walt Disney Studios’ production of “Largely New York” opens on the stage.
1994: A revised edition of “Walt Disney: an American Original” is released.
1998: Disneyland Paris presents its Festival of Flowers.
1996: Luanna Patten, who appeared in “Song of the South”, “So Dear to My Heart”, and “Fun and Fancy Free” passes away.
1999: “Mickey Mouse Works” premieres.
2001: Disney releases “The Emperor’s New Groove” to video and DVD. Anaheim paramedics begin to station themselves in theme parks in order to save response time. Countdown to Extinction at Animal Kingdom is renamed Dinosaur!
2002: The Sherman Brothers are honored at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in California.
2007: Disney’s Hollywood Records releases Corbin Bleu’s “Another Side”.
2009: Disney’s Hollywood Studios (MGM) celebrates 20 years!
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Post by Sis Rabbit on May 2, 2009 0:01:17 GMT -5
RIP, Luanna Patten. That really gets me that she died when she did, because that was the height of my obsession as a kid. And RIP Bobby Driscoll. It's so sad what happened to him.
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Post by joplin4 on May 2, 2009 23:48:21 GMT -5
By my clock, I made it with 13 minutes to spare.
On May 2nd:
1878: Roy Atwell, who provided the voice of Doc in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, is born.
1925: Roscoe Lee Brown, the voice of Mr. Arrow in “Treasure Planet” and Francis in “Oliver and Company”, is born.
1927: “Alice’s Knaughty Knight” is released.
1937: Lorenzo music, the voice of Tummi Gummi in “The Adventures of the Gummi Bears”, is born. He is best known as the voice of Garfield.
1964: Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln debuts late at the World’s Fair in New York due to technical problems.
1972: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, star of “The Game Plan” and “Race to Witch Mountain”, is born.
1982: Cast members and their families begin touring the site of what is soon to be EPCOT Center.
1989: It’s Guest Day on MMC.
1990: Kay Panabaker, star of “Read it and Weep”, is born. She also starred in “Phil of the Future” and provided a voice in “Monsters, Inc.”
1993: The Theater of the Stars at Disney-MGM Studios closes to make room for Sunset Boulevard.
2003: “The Lizzie McGuire Movie” is released. “That’s So Raven” airs “Teach Your Children Well”.
2004: It’s a Small World closes at Walt Disney World for renovations.
2006: Disneyland welcomes Emmalee Mason as the 2 billionth guest of a Disney park.
2007: 100 students are honored at Epcot with the Dreamers and Doers Award.
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Post by joplin4 on May 3, 2009 22:38:54 GMT -5
On May 3rd:
1871: Reverend Walter Parr is born. Walt Disney is named after Reverend Parr.
1896: Dodie Smith, author of “The Hundred and One Dalmatians”, is born.
1903: Bing Crosby, narrator of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, is born.
1926: The El Capitan Theater opens.
1929: “When the Cat’s Away”, starring Mickey Mouse, is released.
1931: “The Moose Hunt” is released. This is the first cartoon where Mickey calls his dog Pluto.
1933: “M” is released. In a drug store scene, the film shows Mickey Mouse figurines.
1940: “The Disney Bulletin” announces the move of the Ink and Paint Department to their new building in Burbank.
1969: Ground is broken on the California Institute of the Arts.
1973: Jerry Siggins ends his singing career with the Disney World Dapper Dans.
1987: “Mary Poppins” is shown on “The Wonderful World of Disney”.
1989: It’s Anything Can Happen Day on MMC.
1994: Disney announces plans to create a cruise line.
1996: Part 1 of “We’re Going to Disney World” airs on “Step By Step”.
2001: Disney’s California Adventure closes five rides due to high winds.
2003: James Brown performs at Downtown Disney’s House of Blues. “The Lion King” begins its second national tour in Chicago.
2004: “The Associated Press” announces that Disney Cruise Lines will begin departing from the West Coast.
2005: Walt Disney Records releases “50th Anniversary: A Musical History of Disneyland”, “Julie Andrews Selects Her Favorite Disney Songs”, “The Official Album of the Disneyland Resort: The Happiest Homecoming on Earth”, and “Walt Disney Records Presents: Wishes!”. Disney releases “Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition”, “National Treasure”, “In Search of the Castaways”, “Summer Magic”, “Heidi”, and “That Darn Cat!”. The media arrives at Disneyland for the start of the 50th anniversary celebration.
2007: Sorcerer Mickey is the Grand Marshall at the Pegasus Parade for the Kentucky Derby. Astronaut William M. Schirra, Jr. passes away. He appeared at the dedication of Mission: SPACE, New Tomorrowland, and the 2003 Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade.
2008: Principal photography begins for “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”.
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