2005:
At Westville Trumbull Mall in Trumbull, Connecticut, Disney celebrates
the grand opening of the first in a series of completely remodeled
Disney Store locations.
1920:
In London, Daphne Milne, wife of writer A.A. Milne, gives birth to a son who the couple name Christopher Robin. (Christopher will be immortalized in his father's books
Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner.)
1921:
An 18" high Alpha Farnell teddy bear from Harrod's in London, England is given to Christopher Robin Milne on his first birthday. The bear will first be named Edward Bear before being known as Winnie-the-Pooh. (This is the exact bear that in 1987 will be put on display at The New York Public Library.)
1956:
Actress Kim Cattrall, who appears in Disney's 2005 Ice Princess, is born in Liverpool,
England. She is best known for role of Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy/romance series Sex and the City.
1989:
Actress Hayden Panettiere - who appears in the Disney 2005 feature Ice Princess - is born in Palisades, New York. She also supplies the voice of Suri for the Disney animated Dinosaur and the voice of Dot for Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life.
1995:
The PeopleMover (sponsored by Goodyear) closes at Disneyland. Running since
July 1967 (as part of the New Tomorrowland) guests could board small trains that ran on elevated tracks
for a "grand circle tour" above Tomorrowland. The PeopleMover will be replaced by a faster new
attraction called Rocket Rods on May 22, 1998.
1999:
The Disney Channel Original Movie Genius, about Charlie Boyle (played by
Trevor Morgan) - a science wiz, hockey lover, and all around genius, who is
tired of being friendless - premieres.
2004:
A new half-hour animated series Brandy & Mr. Whiskers premieres on Disney Channel.
Mickey Mouse and Radio Disney welcome the Mickey Statue
Tour to Minnesota. Fourteen (of the 75) Mickey statues are
unveiled at the Galleria in Edina.
Animal Kingdom is the largest
of all the Walt Disney World parks. It encompasses 500 acres!
1929:
Vance Gerry - a writer, story artist, character designer, & layout artist for Disney - is born in Pasadena, California. Gerry will study art at the Chouinard Art Institute before being hired at Walt Disney Studios in 1955 as an assistant in-betweener. His early work will include such classics as Oliver & Company, The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, The Fox and the Hound, and The Jungle Book. In the 1990s he will work on Pocahontas, Hercules, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, and Tarzan.
2007:
The "Muppet Mobile Lab," featuring robotic Muppets Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his able assistant Beaker riding a two-wheeled rocket-ship, interact with guests at Epcot. The Lab is part of a play test that Walt Disney Imagineering is running for the next few weeks, giving the research and development staff a chance to try out more advanced robotic, interactive and transportation technologies, mixed with human comedy talent.
2008:
Tropical Storm Fay stalls along the eastern coast of Florida near Port Canaveral,
causing the Port Authority to temprorarily shutdown operations. Thus this day's sailing of the Disney Wonder sets sail on its 3-night itinerary from Port Everglades, in Fort Lauderdale instead.
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"Even though he had retired from the Walt Disney Company, Vance (Gerry) continued to come into work one day a week. I do not kid you when I say Vance accomplished more in one day than the rest of us did in a week."
-Animator Floyd Norman
It is also the first Disney theme park to be themed entirely around animal conservation, a philosophy once pioneered by
Walt Disney himself.
1931:
Disney's SIlly Symphony Egyptian Melodies is released. When a curious spider explores the creepy interior of an Egyptian tomb, it causes mummies and strange wall paintings to suddenly spring to life!
