2004:
Disney's feature film Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement - starring Ann
Hathaway and Julie Andrews - opens nationwide. Princess Mia is fresh out of college and on
her way to being queen, with the guidance of her grandmother, when the royal court rules that she must marry
first! Anne Hathaway's mother and director Garry Marshall make brief appearances in the film. Hathaway's
mother is the leader of the chorus singing at Mia's wedding while Marshall is the middle drummer (the one on the
left) in the coronation scene.
1925:
Singer/TV host Mike Douglas, the singing voice of Prince Charming for the 1950 Disney classic Cinderella (most notably on the tune "So This Is Love"), is born Michael Delaney Dowd in Chicago, Illinois. (Douglas is best known for his Emmy-award winning daytime talk show which was popular throughout the 1960s & 70s.)
1934:
Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Orphan's Benefit is released. This short marks Donald Duck's first appearance with Mickey Mouse. It is also the first cartoon in which Donald loses his temper, and the first in which he does his trademark fighting stance (hopping in place with one fist forward and the other swinging back and forth)!
1950:
Disney's Pluto cartoon Food for Feudin - also featuring Chip 'n' Dale - is released.
1995:
Disney's 7-minute Mickey Mouse cartoon Runaway Brain is released along with
the live-action feature A Kid in King Arthur's Court. Runaway Brain (produced by Walt Disney
Feature Animation, Paris, France) features actor Kelsey Grammer as the voice of Dr. Frankenollie - a play on
the names of two of Disney's Nine Old Men; Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.
A Kid in King Arthur's Court (released by Walt Disney Studio Entertainment) is based on the famous Mark
Twain novel "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," transplanted into the twentieth century.
2006:
Mike Douglas, the singing voice of Prince Charming in Disney's Cinderella,
passes away on his 81st birthday in North Palm Beach, Florida. Originally a
big-band singer, Douglas launched a talk show in Cleveland in 1961. The succesful afternoon show went into
national syndication two years later - going on to make some 6,000 telecasts in all through 1982!
Disney Channel first airs episode 42 of Phil of the Future titled "Not-So-Great
Great Great Grandpa," in which Phil finds out that a kid in his school
is actually his great-great-grandfather!
In 2004,
Walt Disney World
recycled 18,322,000 pounds
of paper products!
1993:
Actress & dancer Alyson Stoner is born in Toledo, Ohio. Best known to movies fans for her role in Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2, Stoner is the voice of Isabella on the Disney Channel original series Phineas and Ferb. Her Disney credits also include Mike's Super Short Show, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, That's So Raven, and the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock (as Caitlyn).
2008:
Jonas Brothers visit MTV's Times Square Studios in New York City to cohost TRL. They are promoting their newest CD "A Little Bit Longer" (released on Disney's Hollywood Records).
Disney's newest pop star Demi Lovato performs her first single "Get Back" on Disney-owned ABC-TV's Good Morning America.
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1955:
Vice President Richard Nixon and his family (wife Pat and daughters Tricia & Julie) visit Disneyland for the very first time. Nixon is presented with the "Key to City Hall"
by actor Fess Parker.
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1960:
Actor Gerard J. Reyes is born in Brooklyn, New York. He plays the role of
Tearlach, one of Jack's crew, in both features Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Mike Douglas born
"The only thing I could see myself doing is music – songwriting or producing or something. I've never seen myself being in any other business, I've been working in this one since I was 5 years old! I could do other things, but I wouldn't want to!" -Demi Lovato
You are cordially invited to the royal event of the season. R.S.V.P. This Summer
