2005:
Disney's On The Record (a touring musical revue) begins a series of performances at the Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts.
"I know where to start. Mr. Disney gets the biggest thanks."
-Julie Andrews' Oscar acceptance speech This Day in Disney History 1965
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1614:
Pocahontas (the daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indians) marries John Rolfe (a tobacco planter) in Jamestown, Virginia. The marriage will ensure peace between the Jamestown settlers and the Native Indians for several years.
1929:
Nigel Hawthorne, the voice of Professor Archimedes Q. Porter in Disney's 1999 film Tarzan, is born in Coventry, England.
1930:
Singer Mary Costa, the voices of Princess Aurora/Briar Rose in Disney's 1959 animated feature Sleeping Beauty, is born in Knoxville, Tennessee.
1934:
Actor and impressionist Frank Gorshin is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He will go on to play the role of Iggy the bank-robber in Disney's 1965 live-action film That Darn Cat! (Fans of the 1960s TV series Batman will remember him as the Riddler.)
1956:
At Disneyland, the Bathroom of the Future (later known as the Bathroom of Tomorrow) presented by The Crane Company, opens in Tomorrowland.
1963:
Fairfax Cone - acting as temporary Chairman of the Illinois Commission on the New York World' Fair - visits the Disney Studios for a presentation of an animatronic Abraham Lincoln figure. A skeptical Cone is later very impressed and convinced that it should be part of the Illinois participation in the upcoming 1964-65 World's Fair.
1965:
At the 37th Academy Awards, Julie Andrews wins an Oscar - Best Actress - for her role in the Disney film Mary Poppins. The film (which has been nominated for a total of 13 Oscars) also wins Academy Awards for Best Song "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (written by the Sherman Brothers), Musical Score (also by the Sherman Brothers), Film Editing (Cotton Warburton), and Special Visual Effects (Peter Ellenshaw, Hamilton Luske & Eustace Lycett). Although Mary Poppins is nominated for Best Picture and Best Director (Robert Stevenson) ... both Oscars go to My Fair Lady.
2001:
The Orlando Rays (the AA affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
start their second season of baseball at
Disney's Wide World of Sports in Florida.
The Disney Channel Brazil debuts.
Michael Eisner and the Walt Disney Company are honored for "visionary
architectural patronage" by the National Building Museum in Washington,
D.C. Eisner, chairman and chief executive of Disney, accepts the award at a gala in the Great Hall of the National Building Museum.
2002:
Starting on this day, Mickey's Detective School is featured on the Fantasyland Theater stage at the Disneyland Resort.
2006:
The Walt Disney Company Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Tom Staggs presents on behalf of Disney Worldwide Outreach a donation of $1.5 million to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America President Roxanne Spillett on ABC News' Good Morning America. The funds donated by Disney will go towards rebuilding 16 Clubs in the Gulf Coast that were severely damaged by hurricanes last year.
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2007:
The 14th annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival (which has been expanded to 60 days) begins. This year's theme - "Pirates and Princesses" - features 70 amazing topiaries depicting Disney characters as Buccaneers and Royalty. Paul Revere and the Raiders kick off the 2007 Flower Power Concert Series at the America Gardens Theatre.
1998:
The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management), a modified version of Disneyland's Enchanted Tiki Room, opens at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World. The attraction originally opened as Walt Disney's Tropical Serenade back on October 1, 1971 (the park's debut). This new version features Iago and Zazu from Aladdin and The Lion King.
"Hey kid, that's a real smart idea, walking directly under a bird. Good thing you're wearing a hat." - Iago
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1975:
Although Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too is nominated in the Short Films,
Animated category ... Closed Mondays takes home the Oscar at the 1974
Academy Awards. ("Oh, bother!")
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