On the front page of the Hunstville Times is the headline:
"Walt Disney Makes Pledge to Aid Space". Walt is quoted as saying
"If I can help through my TV shows ... to wake people up to the fact we've got to keep exploring, I'll do it."
Von Braun's daily journal entry for this day indicates his hope that Walt's visit "may easily result in a Disney picture about manned space flight."
2004:
Animator Floyd Norman discusses his life in the animation industry through satirical sketches created during his illustrious career at Walt Disney Studio (as well as Hanna-Barbera, Pixar and Cartoon Network) at the Glendale Public Library in California. He also promotes his new book Son of Faster Cheaper, a humorous look at the cartoon business.
A tribute concert for composer Henry Mancini is held at the new Walt Disney Concert Hall. Hosting the celebration are Julie Andrews (of Disney's Mary Poppins) and Senator John Glenn (the third American in space). The late Henry Mancini wrote the music for Disney's 1986 animated feature The Great Mouse Detective.
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1887:
Character actor Christian Rub - the voice & physical likeness for
Geppetto in Disney's 1940 Pinocchio - is born in Austria. (Ironically Rub
is featured in a 1940 version of Swiss Family Robinson - the exact
version Disney bought up the rights to when planning its remake!)
1935:
The Walt Disney Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Kangaroo, directed by David Hand, is released. It is the last Disney cartoon produced in black and white.
1954:
Disney supervising animator and storyboard artist Glen Keane is born in Arbington, Pennyslvania. His Disney credits include such classics as
Pocahontas, Aladdin, and Tarzan. (Glen is the son of Bil Keane, creator of the newspaper comic Family Circus.)
1965:
Walt Disney, his brother Roy, and other Disney executives visit the Marshall Space Flight Center
in Huntsville, Alabama. Walt has become friendly with Wernher von Braun, the director of the center and technical advisor on three space-related television films that Disney produced in the 1950s. (Wernher will go on to help NASA land men on the moon!)
2002:
Lucky Disney World fans get an opportunity to see
Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama!, the newest area of
Animal Kingdom. The after-hours event features 17 limited edition pins and pin sets; a private dinner in DinoLand U.S.A.; access to the theme park's newest attractions, TriceraTop Spin and Primeval Whirl and a special performance of the "Tarzan Rocks" stage show. The special event, which runs from 7 to 10 p.m., is at a cost of $125 per person.
Soap opera fans get to meet their favorite stars from One Life to Live at Disney's California Adventure.
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Alice Davis (wife of animator & Imagineer Marc Davis) worked on the "It's A Small World" attraction for the 1964-65 World's Fair.
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2007:
The Disney Honors National Concert Band & Orchestra and Choral Invitationals (a non-competitive, non-ranked festival featuring premier high school concert bands, orchestras and choral ensembles in the United States) kicks off for 4 days at Disney World.
2001:
The Disney Channel Original Movie Hounded, featuring Tahj Mowry and
Shia LaBeouf, debuts.
The 7th Grammy Awards are held at the Beverly Hilton.
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
Show goes to composers Richard M. Sherman and
Robert B. Sherman for their work on Disney's Mary Poppins.
(Best New Artist for 1964 is awarded to The Beatles.)
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"It was the early nineties and I decided to stop in Pasadena's Old Town on my way home from the studio. I had just parked on Green Street when I noticed a car pull up directly behind me. A tall young man stepped out of the vehicle and called my name. Though I had not seen him in months I immediately recognized my old friend, Joe Ranft.
"Floyd," Joe shouted. "You've got to come up north. We've got some great things going at our studio." I had just signed a contract with Disney Feature Animation and purchased a town home in Pasadena, so I reluctantly begged off. It was a decision I came to regret, because the project Ranft was excited about was a little film called Toy Story." -Floyd Norman
1743:
Thomas Jefferson, the third United States President (and author of the Declaration of Independence), is born in Albemarle County, Virginia. Visit him and all the U.S. Chief Executives at Disney World's Hall of Presidents.
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