2003:
Disney's The Lizzie McGuire Movie - starring Hilary Duff - premieres at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California.
1916:
Actor & voice artist Vic Perrin - one time narrator of Epcot's Spaceship Earth and Universe of Energy - is born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. (He is best known as the "Control Voice" in the original version of the 1960s TV series The Outer Limits. Fans of the 1960s cartoon Jonny Quest will remember him as the voice of the evil Dr. Zin.)
Contemporary artist, author and illustrator
Eyvind Earle is born in New York City.
Walt Disney will ask this famous artist
to create the distinctive backgrounds and
settings for Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, and Paul Bunyan.
1940:
Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Tugboat Mickey is released.
1958:
Disney uses the cast of his popular Zorro television series
for live performances at Disneyland.
1987:
The Wonderful World of Disney airs the 1981 film "The Devil and Max Devlin," starring Elliott Gould and Bill Cosby.
1989:
Disney Channel airs the 3rd episode of MMC.
Bill Nye guest stars on Anything Can Happen Day!
1998:
The Wonderful World of Disney airs "Disney's Animal Kingdom: The
First Adventure." The one-hour television special gives viewers a
first look at the new Florida theme park.
2001:
Disney Online is awarded the "Best of Festival" award, "Best of Category" for entertainment and a "Creative Excellence Award" at the International Web Page Awards ceremony. The "Best of Festival" award recognizes the best Web pages created in 2000.
2002:
The Lizzie McGuire episode "And the Winner Is" debuts on Disney Channel.
2004:
Michael Eisner makes Forbes' list of worst CEOs in America.
2005:
Walt Disney Records releases Disney Channel Hits: Take 2, a collection that includes a CD and a DVD of Disney Channel Original Movie songs and music videos.
Hong Kong Disneyland and the MTR Corporation unveil the first Disneyland Resort Line train, which will bring guests to the heart of China's first Disney theme park (set to open September 12, 2005).
2006:
The New Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, a pre-school age targeted show, debuts at the Disney-MGM Studios.
In 1997, Disney Channel took
on a revamped look and
dropped the "The" in
the network's name, and
split the network into 3
programming blocks -
Playhouse Disney,
Vault Disney, and
Zoog Disney.
1981:
Disney's Wonderful World series airs "Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life"
on NBC-TV.
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1978:
Actress, singer & dancer Brooke Tansley is born in Waterbury, Connecticut. In 2004 she will play the Broadway role of Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
1977:
Actor Jason Earles, Jackson Stewart on Disney Channel's Hannah Montana, is born in San Diego, California. He also appears on a few episodes of Disney Channel's Phil of the Future as Grady Spaggett.
"If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face." -Michael Eisner
2008:
Walt & El Grupo premieries at the San Francisco Film Festival. The documentary, directed by Ted Thomas (son of DIsney Legend Frank Thomas and director of the Frank and Ollie documentary) follows Walt and Lillian Disney along with sixteen colleagues for 10 weeks during a 1941 visit to several Latin American nations to gather story material for a series of short films with South American themes.
1994:
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Disney's Beauty and the Beast is released. The CD includes Susan Egan as Belle, Terrence Mann as Beast, Burke Moses as Gaston, Gary Beach as Lumiere and Beth Fowler as Mrs Potts.
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1905:
Character actor Denis O'Dea is born in Dublin, Ireland. Often cast as bull-headed police officers and priests, O'Dea appears in the Disney live-action features Darby O'Gill and the Little People (as Father Murphy) and Treasure Island (as Dr. Livesy).
1991:
The Disney/Henson television series Dinosaurs debuts on ABC. Based on an idea by
Jim Henson, the show features the live-action combination of Audio-Animatronics and puppets (only the
second show to feature this technique). About a family of anthropomorphic prehistoric creatures, Dinosaurs is
produced by Michael Jacobs Productions and Jim Henson Productions in association with Walt Disney Television.
Dinosaurs debuts on ABC
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