2003:
The Disneyland Resort unveils two new attractions: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Playhouse Disney - Live on Stage!
The That's So Raven episode "Dissin' Cousins"
airs for the first time on the Disney Channel.
1980:
To help celebrate the 25th anniversary of Disneyland, the Dapper Dans of Florida are flown in to assist their compatriots. Over the next 4 days, both quartets perform on Main Street; one quartet working the day shift and the other working in the evening.
1992:
A press preview day is held at Euro Disney. Everything to experience at the park is free to all lucky visitors. (The park will open to the public the next day.)
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2006:
Winnie the Pooh celebrates his 80th birthday by receiving the 2,308th star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California. Pooh is one of a select few animated characters to be
honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - an honor that is perfectly timed to the global 18-month long
Pooh anniversary celebration Disney kicked off in December 2005. (The only other Disney characters to be given
a star - as of this day - is Mickey, Donald, and Snow White.) On the same day as the Walk of Fame ceremony,
Walt Disney Home Entertainment releases Pooh’s Grand Adventure -The Search for Christopher Robin, for the
first time ever on DVD.
Walt Disney Records releases The Wild Soundtrack from the newest computer-animated film, The Wild. The soundtrack features performances from Everlife, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy,
and Eric Idle & John Du Prez.
The Walt Disney Company Foundation makes a $1 million donation to UNICEF
at the Gala Dinner of the 6th Annual Global Travel & Tourism Summit in
Washington, DC (held by the World Travel & Tourism Council).
The Grand Canyon flight of the "Happiest Balloon on Earth" is conducted at 11:33
a.m. from a location called "Quartermaster" at Grand Canyon West, about 110 miles outside Las Vegas. Though several pilots have over flown the Grand Canyon and dropped below the rim,
this flight is a “first” from the Canyon floor. The Mickey-shaped balloon is in the midst of an 11-city tour.
Space Center Houston (the
official visitor's center of
NASA's Johnson
Space Center)
was designed by
Walt Disney
Imagineering.
Space Center Houston is
located at 1601 NASA
Parkway in Houston, Texas.
2007:
Emmy Award-winning actor Roscoe Lee Browne passes away at age 81. Browne's Disney credits include the voice of Mr. Arrow in the 2002 Treasure Planet, the voice of Frances in the 1988 Oliver & Company, and the role of Gazenga in the 1973 live-action feature The World's Greatest Athlete.
(Movie fans will recognize his distinct voice as the narrator of such features as Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties and Babe: Pig in the City. Browne's long list of TV credits include Falcon Crest, The Cosby Show, Magnum P.I., and Soap.)
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries." -A. A. Milne
2008:
Euro Disney announces the nomination of Philippe Gas to the position of President of Euro Disney. Philippe will take over the responsibilities in September of Karl Holz who has been appointed President, New Vacation Operations, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
"I am pleased to return to Disneyland Resort Paris, where I started my Disney career to build on the solid foundation
which Karl and the leadership team have achieved." -Philippe Gas
Season of Disney: Samantha Brown’s Favorites, a four-part series hosted by Samantha Brown, debuts on Travel Channel. In this opener, she highlights her favorite Disney attractions.
1947:
Actor Meshach Taylor - who in 1998-1999 made his Broadway debut as Lumiere in Disney's Beauty and the Beast - is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
(TV fans will recognize him from the sitcom Designing Women.)
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1997:
For the first time in its history, the Disney Legends are inducted at a ceremony at
Disneyland Paris (instead of Burbank, California).
1925:
Roy Oliver Disney (Walt's brother & business partner) marries Edna Francis (from
Reece, Kansas) at Uncle Robert Disney's house on Kingswell Avenue in Los
Angeles, California. It is the same house where Walt lived and set up shop after first arriving in
Hollywood from Kansas. As Walt owns a motion picture camera, he shoots the day's events. (In 1930 Roy and
Edna will have a son named Roy Edward.)
1986:
The comedy feature Off Beat, starring Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, and Cleavant Derricks, is released. It is the 6th film by Disney's Touchstone Pictures.
2009:
Yamabuki restaurant, inside Disneyland's Paradise Pier Hotel closes down. The upscale restaurant at 1717 S. Disneyland Dr., originally opened in 1996.
