1944:
Mouseketter Lynn Ready - a member of the Mickey Mouse
Club during the 1956-1957 season - is born in Dallas, Texas.
1948:
Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey and the Seal is released. Directed by Charles A. Nichols, it features the voices of James Macdonald (as Mickey) and Pinto Colvig (as Pluto). It will be nominated for an Academy Award.
1953:
Walt Disney writes his annual birthday letter to his sister Ruth (who will
celebrate on December 6). His words include: "I am hoping you will use the enclosed check
for yourself - something that you might particularly like to have and let it be my birthday gift to you."
He goes on to apologize for not being home when Ruth and her son came to visit during the past
summer. Walt writes of his recent trip to Mexico and his Disneyland project.
1961:
The NBC-TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color airs
"A Fire Called Jeremiah" (the 10th episode of the eighth season).
1987:
Actor Michael Angarano - Will Stronghold of Disney's 2005 Sky High - is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1999:
Disney Legend Joe Fowler (a retired U.S. Navy Admiral) passes away at age 99 in Orlando, Florida. Retired from Disney since 1978, Fowler oversaw construction of Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
2001:
It is reported that the Walt Disney Internet Group will make popular Disney
characters and songs available on AT&T Wireless phones or the first time in the
United States. (Disney-branded ring tones and graphics were first offered in Japan back in August 2000.)
2002:
Disney releases Mickey Mouse in Black & White under
its Walt Disney Treasures banner. The 2-disc DVD collection contains 34
of the original black & white Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts starting with Steamboat Willie (1928) and ending with Mickey's Service Station (1935). Other Walt Disney Treasures released on this day include The Complete Goofy and Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studio.
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1965:
Writer, voice actor, director, and animator Andrew Stanton is born in Rockport, Massachusetts. His Disney/Pixar credits include WALL-E, Ratatouille, Cars, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo (for which he won an Oscar), Monsters, Inc., Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, and Toy Story.
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1994:
Actor Jake T. Austin - Max Russo on Disney Channel's
Wizards of Waverly Place - is born in New York.
1941:
Disney's animated feature Pinocchio is released in Eritrea (a country in Northeast Africa).
1985:
Dumbo becomes the third "Walt Disney Classic" to be released on video.
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"We're not supervised. We're sort of allowed, like an independent filmmaker, to do what we want. You don't get that freedom anywhere else. And this is the only studio outside of Disney, when Walt Disney ran it, where an artist runs the whole place. Here, it's John Lasseter, and that trickles down." -Andrew Stanton
2009:
A Holiday Merry Mixer for Disney Vacation Club Members takes place near the
entrance of Epcot by the International Gateway area. A favorite yearly event, the Holiday
Merry Mixer will also take place December 10, 17, and 24.
1973:
Actor Bruno Campos, the voice of Prince Naveen in Disney's 2009 The Princess
and the Frog, is born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
