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2005:
At the 77th annual Academy Awards, Disney/Pixar's
The Incredibles wins Best Animated Feature Film of the Year (beating out
Shark Tale and Shrek 2). Director Brad Bird accepts the award. Michael Silvers and Randy Thorn
win Oscars for Achievement in Sound Editing for their contributions to The Incredibles.
1895:
Edward Brophy, the voice of Timothy Q. Mouse in Disney's 1941 classic Dumbo, is born in New York City.
1935:
An Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) is won for the Disney film The
Tortoise and the Hare at the 1934 Academy Awards, held at the
Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
1940:
Actor Bill Hunter, the voice of the Dentist in the 2003 Finding Nemo, is born in Australia.
1941:
"When You Wish Upon a Star" - written by Leigh Harline and
Ned Washington - for the Disney film Pinocchio, is awarded an Oscar for Best Song at the 13th Academy Awards. Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington take home Oscar for Best Original Score (also for Pinocchio).
1957:
The Disneyland television series airs "The Crisler Story / Prowlers of the Everglades."
1959:
The TV series Walt Disney Presents airs "The Adventures of Chip 'N Dale."
1968:
Louis Armstrong and his 7-piece band record 3 songs in a New York City studio for his upcoming LP Disney Songs the Satchmo Way. This day's session includes "Bout Time," "The Bare Necessities," and "Ten Feet Off The Ground." The album's remaining tunes will be cut in March.
1985:
Singer and character actor J. Pat O'Malley passes away in California at the age of 80.
His vast Disney credits include Alice in Wonderland, Robin Hood, The Jungle Book, Mary Poppins, Son of Flubber, and One Hundred and One Dalmatians. O'Malley can also be heard in the Pirates of the Caribbean park
attraction in several roles including the original voice of the Pirate Captain dunking the magistrate into the well!
1987:
Tokyo Disneyland welcomes its 40-millionth guest.
1992:
Movie star Elizabeth Taylor takes over Disneyland for a
private after-hours 60th birthday bash.
1994:
Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan skips the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer so she can begin her multi-million dollar endorsements with Disney World.
1995:
Michael Eisner and filmmaker George Lucas are on hand at Disneyland for the official dedication of the park's newest attraction, Indiana Jones Adventure.
1996:
The ABC-TV sitcom Roseanne debuts part 2 of a Disney-theme episode titled "Disney World War II."
2001:
Disney releases the straight-to-video sequel Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (featuring the voices of Alyssa Milano, Mickey Rooney, and Bronson Pinchot) on video and DVD.
Disney releases the CDs Disney's Greatest Hits, Vol 1 and Disney's Greatest Hits, Vol 2. The collections includes performances by such recording artists as Phil Collins and Randy Newman.
2003:
The Atlanta Braves open their 2003 spring schedule with an exhibition game against Georgia Tech at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida. This begins the Braves 6th season of spring training at the 200-acre sports complex.
2006:
Hong Kong Disneyland announces plans to add 3 new attractions. The Tomorrowland expansion will include Autopia, Stitch Encounter, and the UFO Zone.
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2007:
Muppet Mobile Lab, featuring interactive Audio-Animatronic Muppet characters, is tested at Disney's California Adventure.
The Incredibles was written and developed by Brad Bird, former
director of The Simpsons and
previously best known for
directing the animated movie
The Iron Giant.
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1938:
The Spanish-language edition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs -
Blanca Nieves y los Siete Enanos, is unveiled at the Carthay Circle Theater
in Hollywood, California..
2008:
The Atlanta Braves play their first exhibition game of the season at
Champion Stadium in Disney's Wide World of Sports. The Braves
win 8-0 over the University of Georgia.
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The Incredibles wins Oscars
2009:
Shawn Johnson, a 2008 Olympic Gold Medal-winning gymnast, visits Disney’s Hollywood Studios. (At 17, she is the youngest celebrity to ever compete on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars.") Johnson is at Disney World for the "ESPN The Weekend," a special event through March 1.
"The Magical Music of Walt Disney - Omaha Symphony Pops Concert" kicks off 3-days of performances at the Holland Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by the Nebraska Medical Center, the concert features beloved songs from Walt Disney movies and Broadway shows.
Dorothea Holt Redmond, an illustrator and production designer who worked with Walt Disney to design a private apartment in Disneyland's New Orleans Square, passes away at age 98. Redmond, who broke ground in 1938 as the first woman to invade the "heretofore exclusively male field" of motion-picture production design, at David O. Selznick's studio, also worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock. In 1964, she joined what is now known as Walt Disney Imagineering and helped envision elements of Disneyland and later Disney World.
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