2004:
The US Civil Engineering Research Foundation announces the addition of Dr. Ben Schwegler Jr, vice president and chief scientist of Walt Disney Imagineering, to its board of directors. (Schwegler has been involved in nearly all of Disney’s construction projects over the past 21 years and directs the environment, materials and infrastructure group for the theme park operator.)
1902:
Singer-actor Harry Stockwell (father of actor Dean Stockwell) is born in Kansas
City, Missouri. He will go on to supply the singing voice for the Prince in
Disney's 1937 classic animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
1932:
Announcer and voice actor Casey Kasem is born in Detroit, Michigan.
In 1969, he and Paul Frees will record a series of comedic radio ads promoting the debut of
Disneyland's Haunted Mansion.
(Kasem is best known for his radio programs and as the voice of Shaggy for the animated Scooby Doo.)
1956:
Disney's animated short Hooked Bear, featuring Humphrey the Bear, is released. Directed by Jack Hannah, the cartoon features the voices of Jim Macdonald (as Humphrey) and Bill Thompson (as Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore).
1964:
Walt Disney writes a letter to Robert Moses, the president of the New York
World's Fair, 6 days after the fair's opening day. Walt explains the technical
problems plaguing his "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln" exhibit (which hasn't
opened with the rest of the fair). He is confident that the bugs will be worked out very soon. (The exhibit will open May 2.)
1989:
The Disney Channel airs the 4th episode of MMC. Today is Party Day!
1992:
American Express Travelport, located in Epcot's CommuniCore West, closes.
1999:
At the ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) 14th Annual Film and Television Music Awards, songwriters Matthew Wilders and David Zippel win for their work on Disney's Mulan.
2001:
Disneyland's Rocket Rods, a ride that was the brash new star of Tomorrowland when the aging fun zone got a $100-million face lift three years ago, closes forever. Although shuttered since September 2000 for a refurbishment that was to last until Spring 2001 ... no work was ever actually seen on the attraction. Despite efforts by designers and mechanics, the Rocket Rods was plagued with problems.
The Lizzie McGuire episode "I Do, I Don't" airs for the first
time on Disney Channel.
2006:
Cast members from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Broadway musical kick off the U. S. Postal Service’s commemorative stamp dedication celebrating The Art of Disney: Romance stamp featuring Belle and the Beast from the Disney animated film. The dedication ceremony takes place at the
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City.
There are more than
4 million plants from
around the world at
Walt Disney World's
Animal Kingdom!
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2007:
The second annual Disney's California Food and Wine Weekends at
Disneyland Resort kicks off in Anaheim. The four extended weekends
(running though May 20) will feature culinary demonstrations, cooking and wine-tasting seminars and a "Taste of California" Marketplace.
Disney Channel airs the Hanna Montana episode
"I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak" for the first time.
2002:
Disney's stage production of The Lion King kicks off its first national tour in
Denver, Colorado.
2005:
The ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards are presented
at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California. Among the
winners for Top Box Office Films is The Incredibles.
"Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting." -Casey Kasem
1822:
Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth United States President, is
born in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio. Visit him and all
the U.S. Chief Executives at Disney World's The Hall of Presidents.
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2008:
A massive crowd of teens turn out in Long Beach, California for the first open casting call for ABC's new summer reality TV series (tentatively titled),
Disney's "High School Musical: Summer Session."
1962:
Actor and playwright Patrick Page - who played the role of Lumiere in 1999 and 2003 in Disney's Broadway hit Beauty and the Beast - is born in Oregon.
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2009:
"Milt Kahl: The Animation Michelangelo, A Centennial Celebration" is held in the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater. A
celebration of the life and career of animator Milt Kahl, one of the famous "Nine Old Men," the event is hosted by
animator Andreas Deja with special guests animators Floyd Norman, Ron Clements, and John Musker.
"I started at the studio about 1974. I was 20 when I started. Milt was very frightening. He intimidated a lot of people. He was like
the Simon Cowell of animation. I was working on a Cruella De Vil animation test. I showed him my test and he was relatively kind.
He gave me some advice and made a few drawings for me." -animator Ron Clements
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DCA Food & Wine Weekend
Rocket Rods closes
