2005:
Hong Kong Disneyland opens two shops at the Hong Kong International Airport to sell thousands of souvenirs with the theme of Hong Kong Disneyland (which is scheduled to open September 12).
1907:
Writer Helen Aberson is born in Syracuse, New York. Her book
"Dumbo, the Flying Elephant" (which she co-wrote with Harold
Perl) will inspire the 1941 Disney classic Dumbo.
1934:
The Mickey Mouse short Mickey's Steam Roller, directed by David Hand, is released. Walt Disney and Marcellite Garner provide the voices for Mickey & Minnie.
1945:
Walt Disney's wife Lillian christens the SS Rice Victory,
a 10,500-ton U.S. warship.
1955:
Disney's 15th animated feature film Lady and the Tramp has its
world premiere in Chicago. It is the first Disney cartoon feature filmed in CinemaScope. (It will be generally released 6 days later.)
Actress Laurie Metcalf - the voice of Lucille Krunklehorn in Meet the Robinsons, Andy's Mom in both Toy Story films and Sarah in Treasure Planet - is born Carbondale, Illinois. (TV fans may remember Metcalf for her role of Jackie on Roseanne.)
Tony Anselmo, Disney animator and voice of Donald Duck, is born in London, England. He will join the Disney staff in 1980 and learn Donald Duck from Clarence Nash, the original voice.
As an animator, Anselmo will work on The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Tarzan.
1956:
At Disneyland, Tom Sawyer's Island and the Rafts to
Tom Sawyer's Island debut in Frontierland.
1961:
Walt Disney purchases the film rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh stories from Mrs.
Daphne Milne, wife of the late author A.A. Milne. (The first film, Winnie the
Pooh and the Honey Tree, will appear in 1966 as a twenty-six minute short.)
1964:
Aerial photographs of a location east of the Hollywood Bowl in California are shot for Walt Disney. He is forming the new CalArts college and a plot of land has been suggested for the campus.
1977:
Circus performer and actor Ricky Luna, a member of the Disney Channel's The All
New Mickey Mouse Club, is born in Los Angeles, California.
Rocket scientist and astronautics engineer Wernher von Braun, who had helped
Walt Disney produce a series of space-related TV shows in the mid-1950s, passes
away in Alexandria, Virginia. One of the most important rocket developers of space exploration
between the 1930s and 1970s, he helped NASA land men on the moon in 1969.
1989:
The Disney Channel airs episode 40 of MMC. Today is Hall of Fame Day!
1998:
Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's Mulan airs on ABC-TV.
1999:
A DisneyQuest opens in Chicago, Illinois. (Due to poor profits it will close in September 2001.)
2000:
Totally Circus (a documentary/adventure series) premieres on the Disney Channel.
Fantasia/2000 (the sequel to the Disney classic) opens at
movie theaters nationwide.
2002:
Father's Day
The premiere screening of Disney's 41st animated feature Lilo
& Stitch takes place at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
Among the guests in attendance for the event are actors Jason Scott Lee (the voice of David Kawena), David Ogden Stiers (the voice of Jumba), Kevin McDonald (the voice of Pleakley), and country singer Wynonna Judd (who performs the Elvis Presley song "Burning Love" on the film's soundtrack).
The Pyewacket (a vessel owned by the Disney Corporation and skippered by Roy Disney) wins the Newport to Bermuda Yacht race. The yacht breaks the record by 3 hours, 52 minutes, and 22 seconds; crossing in 53 hours, 39 minutes, and 22 seconds.
2004:
Around the World in 80 Days
(a Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media film) is released
in theaters. It is a remake of the classic 1956 film.
1980:
Count Basie and his orchestra perform at Disneyland for the first of a six-day engagement.
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Disney's 1969 hit movie The Love
Bug is based on Gordon Buford's
story "Car-Boy-Girl."
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2006:
The Disney Channel Original Movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, starring Brenda Song (from The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) and Shin Koyamada (from The Last Samurai) debuts.
2007:
The Hannah Montana episode "Take This Job and Love It"
debuts on Disney Channel.
2001:
The Power of BLAST! debuts at Epcot's America Gardens Theatre.
The show will run through August.
JUNE
2008:
A grand opening for the new Disneyland Innoventions Dream Home takes place for members of the press. The Innoventions Dream Home, featuring cutting-edge technology from Microsoft and other industry leaders, is both a show and a showcase as it offers guests a hands-on experience. (Annual passholders will be allowed to visit the following day - but the attraction won't fully open to the public until June 30.)
Disney Channel debuts "Allergy Season," the 50th episode of the series
Life with Derek.
1957:
Holidayland, a nine-acre grassy picnic ground located along the western edge of Disneyland, opens. It has its own admission gate into the park and can hold up to 7,000 guests, for large events. Run by Milt Albright, Holidayland's manager (and future Disney Legend), it features playgrounds, horseshoes, a baseball field, a volleyball court, and "the world's largest candy-striped circus tent." (Today, Holidayland is a parking lot for employees.)
1984:
The 3D film Magic Journeys opens in Disneyland's Tomorrowland. The first 3D movie created by Walt Disney Imagineering for a Disney theme park, it first opened at EPCOT in 1982.
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Holidayland opens
In The Love Bug, the car is named
by mechanic Tennessee Steinmetz
(played by Buddy Hackett) after
his uncle "Herb," who was a
middleweight boxer.
"Elvis Presley was a model citizen. I've compiled a list of his traits for you to practice. Number one... is dancing!" -Lilo
