2003:
Disney Channel airs the That's So Raven episode
"Saturday Afternoon Fever" for the first time.
1941:
Disney's Donald Duck short Early to Bed is released.
1953:
Disney releases the animated short How to Dance starring Goofy. The likenesses
and sounds of the Firehouse Five Plus Two (Ward Kimball's Dixieland band) are
featured as well.
1986:
The Paris, France regional council approves plans for a Disneyland style amusement park in Marne-laValee.
The Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour debuts at Tokyo Disney.
1987:
The Disney Gallery, featuring The Art of Disneyland 1953-1986 a collection of original artist paintings, models and maquettes representing 4 decades of Disneyland design, first opens in Disneyland's New Orleans Square. (The space was originally intended to be a private apartment for Walt & Roy Disney to entertain visiting dignitaries and business associates.)
1991:
Disney announces it will enter into a distribution deal with a Bay area digital studio named Pixar. (Together they will make such films as Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bugs Life, and Finding Nemo.)
1997:
At Disneyland's New Orleans Square,
"Looking at the Future - Tomorrowland: 1955-1998" debuts in honor of the Disney Gallery's 10th Anniversary.
1998:
Jodi Benson (the voice of Disney's Little Mermaid) appears at Walt Disney World for the first of a 2-day visit. She makes a special appearance in the morning at The Art of Disney (located in Downtown Disney Marketplace) to meet fans and sign "Mermaid" artwork purchased at the shop. In the evening she performs a concert backed by an orchestra at the open-air America Gardens Theater in Epcot's World Showcase. (The scheduled 2nd show of the evening is cancelled due to a thunderstorm.)
2001:
Magic Masters, the nation's largest chain of retail magic emporiums,
opens its largest store in Downtown Disney West Side in Florida.
(Based in Georgia, Magic Masters opened its first store back in 1978.)
Today is Cheer up the Lonely Day
1933:
Singer & host Bob McGrath, a fixture on TV's Sesame Street for over
38 years, is born in Ottawa, Illinois. During the summers in the mid-1980s, Epcot hosted the All-American College Orchestra. McGrath appeared many times as one of the celebrity guests on the
America Gardens Stage with them.
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2007:
Teen Pop stars Aly & AJ, Corbin Bleu, and Drake Bell headline Nextfest tour, a 29-date trek which kicks off this evening at Dogde Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. Aly & AJ (the Disney sister duo) are touring in support of their newest Hollywood Records release Insomniatic.
1914:
Long-time Disney employee Harold W. Adelquist is born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He will work in production, personnel, and the story department before being assigned to the Mickey Mouse
Club as a general coordinator.
1767:
John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, is born in Braintree, Massachusetts. Visit him and all the Chief Executives at Disney World's The Hall of Presidents.
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1989:
Actor David Henrie is born in Los Angeles, California. Disney Channel fans know him as Larry on That's So Raven and Justin Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place.
1956:
The Barstow Family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, leave for a week-long California vacation. They are the winners of a nationwide contest (originally entered by the youngest
son Danny) sponsored by the 3M Scotch Tape Company.
The prize ... a family vacation to Disneyland, including airfare,
4 days worth of Disneyland tickets and hotel accommodations in Pasadena!
In 2008, their home movies (titled Disneyland Dream) will be selected for preservation in the Library of Congress National Film Registry.
Walt Disney visits the Pike Forest Fossil Beds (today known as Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument) in Florissant, Colorado. Walt purchases a petrified stump for Disneyland.
1984:
Nearly 400 Cast Members stand before Sleeping Beauty Castle to celebrate
Disneyland's 30th anniversary ... a year early. The Cast Members have
volunteered their time on this day to be photographed as part of a
marketing campaign to publicize the milestone anniversary.
2008:
Singer and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga performs at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California. The concert marks Salonga's final North American 2008 show prior to her upcoming Asian tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. (Salonga sang "Reflection" in Disney's Mulan and "A Whole New World" in Disney's Aladdin.)
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"Well, voiceover, you get to be completely uninhibited and free; you just have tons of fun and don’t really have to worry about any of the other package. Doing concerts—that’s really enjoyable to get to work with the audience and have a good time with them on the stage, it’s live and being involved in music is wonderful. They’re all really great in their own right. I enjoy them all equally." -Jodi Benson
