2004:
The 76th Academy Awards are held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. Screenplay writer & director Andrew Stanton is awarded an Oscar (Best Animated Feature Film) for Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo. Although nominated for Best Sound, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is edged out by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Howard Shore's original score for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King beats out Thomas Newman's Finding Nemo score.
Today is Leap Day
1916:
Singer/actress/TV celebrity Dinah Shore (whose voice can be heard
in Disney's 1946 Make Mine Music and 1947
Fun and Fancy Free) is born in Winchester, Tennessee.
1940:
Disney is awarded an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoon) for the Silly Symphony short The Ugly Duckling at the 1939 Academy Awards (held at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles).
1956:
The Disneyland television series airs episode 42 - a look at Disneyland's Adventureland via the Jungle Cruise attraction. Also presented is a look at the nature film Water Birds.
2000:
Disney's An Extremely Goofy Movie makes its home-video premiere. It features the voice of Bill Farmer as Goofy.
During World War II,
93 percent of Disney Studios' output was under
government contract
to benefit the
war effort.
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2008:
ESPN The Weekend kicks off at Disney World.
Meanwhile over at Disney's Animal Kingdom, a giraffe is born. Makena,
which means “Happy One” in Swahili, weighs in at 118 pounds, standing
5 feet, 6 inches tall. Makena is the first calf for her mother, 4-year-old
Malaika, who was also born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
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