2003:
Retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin (of the famous Apollo 11 crew) takes the controls
aboard Mission: SPACE at Epcot during the filming of an ABC television
segment that features the new attraction. The segment will be shown Aug.15,
2003, on ABC-TV during the network's airing of the feature film Mission to Mars.
2004:
Character actor Sam Edwards passes away in Colorado. His Disney voice credits include Thumper in Bambi and Ollie the Owl in the America Sings park attraction. He also appears in the live-action 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain. Edwards performed the voice of Tigger (a role most commonly assocaied with Paul Wincell) for various projects as well.
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1931:
Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon The Cat's Out, directed by Wilfred Jackson, is
released. The plot centers around a cat who after being struck on the head begins hallucinating all sorts of creepy things!
1940:
Actor Philip Proctor, the voice of Meltdown, the fat alien, in Treasure Planet, is born in Goshen, Indiana. His Disney credits also include Monsters, Inc., Aladdin, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, and The Lion King. Comedy fans know Proctor as a member of the Firesign Theater. He was also the voice of Howard on the animated television series Rugrats.
1951:
Walt Disney's 13th animated film Alice in Wonderland is released in U.S. theaters by RKO Radio Pictures, two days after its London premiere. Kathryn Beaumont, the voice of Alice, will later narrate the Alice attraction at Disneyland. Alice features the animation of all of Walt's "Nine Old Men."
Also released is the True-Life Adventure Nature's Half Acre.
(Alice's musical score, written by Oliver Wallace, will be nominated for an Academy Award.)
1987:
Disney's experimental computer animated film Oilspot and Lipstick
is released at a computer convention in Anaheim, California.
1993:
At Disneyland, the Main Street branch of the Bank of America (in business since the park's opening day) closes.
1995:
The 400th Disney Store opens - in Rochester, New York at
271 Greece Ridge Center Drive.
1997:
TIME magazine runs an article titled, "The Lion King A Different Breed Of Cats."
The article focuses on the Minneapolis production and the question of whether or not Broadway audiences
in New York are ready for Disney's version of its classic animated film.
1998:
Disney's first cruise ship The Magic,
is christened!
(It will embark on its maiden voyage two days later.)
2002:
The life and contributions of the late animator Ward Kimball is celebrated at the Walt Disney Barn Museum. Kimball was one of the founding governors of the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society, which operates Walt's Barn in Griffith Park, California.
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L.A. Times staff writer Joel Sappell became Disneyland's
first Mowgli (the Man-Cub from Disney's The Jungle Book) in 1967. As a 14-year old, he roamed the park with an ape
named King Louie
and a bear
named Baloo.
2007:
The 22nd Annual Imagen Awards Gala debuts at the sold out
Walt Disney Concert Hall in California.
Hilary Duff's Dignity tour, in support of her third studio album (released by
Disney's Hollywood Records) kicks off in Winnipeg.
2005:
Disney's musical The Lion King begins performances at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Australia. (It will play through June 2006.)
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Alice in Wonderland released
1989:
Touchstone Pictures releases the comedy Turner & Hooch starring Tom Hanks (the future voice of Toy Story's Sheriff Woody).
"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't." -Alice in Wonderland
