JULY 27 Disney History

1962:

The Firehouse Five Plus Two (a spare-time musical group made up of writers, animators, producers and directors at the Walt Disney Studios) are recorded live at The Golden Horseshoe in Disneyland. Their performance the following day will also be recorded and eventually be released on Good Time Jazz Records.

2005:

Disney announces that David Vixie, an 8th-grade Humanities teacher from Paradise, California, has been named the 2005 Teacher of the Year.

1916:

Actor Keenan Wynn (son of legendary comic Ed Wynn) whose Disney credits include the 1976 The Shaggy D.A., the 1974 Herbie Rides Again, the 1961 The Absent Minded Professor, and the 1963 Son of Flubber is born in New York City. Keenan Wynn appeared in hundreds of movies and television shows between 1934 and 1986 - TV fans may recognize his voice as the Winter Warlock in the 1970 holiday special Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town.

1945:

Disney's Pluto cartoon Canine Casanova, directed by Charles A. Nichols,

is released. Pluto (voiced by Pinto Colvig) is smitten with Dinah the

dachshund ... but unfortunately she ignores him.

2006:

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers return for their fourth year of training camp at

Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida. The first official day of

practice is scheduled for the following day.

1956:

The Disney short In the Bag, featuring Humphrey the Bear and Ranger Audubon J. Woodlore, is released. It is the second of only two cartoons to headline the characters of Humphrey and Ranger Woodlore (both of whom had appeared in a number of Donald Duck shorts). In the Bag is also one of only a few CinemaScope cartoon shorts to be produced by Disney.

Disneyland Upper Deck

Preview Series trading cards were released in 1991. They

featured photos from

Disneyland along with the

fab five Disney characters

dressed in their favorite

sports gear.

1953:

Disney's Peter Pan is released in the U.K.

1955:

Future Disney Legend Bill "Sully" Sullivan officially starts working at Disneyland in

Anaheim, California. (Three years later he will become a part of Disney management and work on the

Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and the New York World's Fair. Eventually Sullivan will be relocated to Florida to assist with the opening of Walt Disney World.)

"I watched the opening ceremonies for Disneyland. The following Saturday I went down and applied for a job. On Monday, I quit Northrop Aircraft and Tuesday, I reported to work as a ticket taker at the Jungle Cruise." -Bill "Sully" Sullivan