2005:
An official dedication for the Ward Kimball, Disneyland Railroad's newest engine, takes place. (In February 2006 another dedication - a Cast Member ceremony - will be held partly to benefit the Kimball family.)
1944:
Disney's short Springtime for Pluto is released (the first Disney cartoon with credits).
1956:
Disneyland's Skyway to Fantasyland and Skyway to
Tomorrowland begin transporting guests across the
park. Guests take off from a small Alpine chalet in Fantasyland and
travel through the Matterhorn mountain on their way to Tomorrowland.
Tomorrowland guests seated in Skwyay buckets pass over such
attractions as the Richfield Autopia and the Goodyear PeopleMover on
their way to Fantasyland.
1963:
At Disneyland, the Enchanted Tiki Room - the first attraction to
feature Audio-Animatronics figures patented and first developed
by WED Enterprises - opens to the public.
1967:
Disney's The Happiest Millionaire starring Fred MacMurray, Greer Garson, Tommy Steele (Britain's first pop idol), and John Davidson (in his film debut) opens in Hollywood, California. Based upon the true story of Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, it is the last live-action feature film that Walt Disney saw completed before his death (in December 1966). The phone booth used in the film still exists. It is kept inside Club 33 at Disneyland. Guests of the Club can use it to make phone calls!
1989:
Disney's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - starring Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer and
Marcia Strassman - is released along with the Disney short Tummy Trouble
featuring Roger Rabbit and Baby Herman.
The Walt Disney World attraction Dreamflight (located in Tomorrowland)
opens to guests. Sponsored by Delta Airlines, it is a pop-up book version of the history of flight using
simplistic sets, some Audio-Animatronics and projection effects.
1995:
Disney's 33rd full-length animated feature Pocahontas is generally released in the U.S. the same day The Spirit of Pocahontas (a live show) opens at Disneyland's new open-air Fantasyland Theatre. (The film's music will win 2 Academy Awards and a Grammy Award.)
1999:
At Disneyland, Tarzan's Treehouse opens in Adventureland replacing the Swiss Family Treehouse (which first opened in 1962).
2000:
Sotheby's in New York City hosts a 6-day exhibition of the art of Disney's
Tarzan and Fantasia/2000.
The National Jump-Rope Championships begin at Disney-MGM Studios.
The Walt Disney World Summer Jam Concert, featuring a lineup that includes Christina Aguilera and Enrique Iglesias, airs on ABC-TV.
2004:
A set of four 37-cent postage stamps, 23-cent postal cards and printed stationary that comes with 37 cents of postage featuring Disney characters are issued by the United States Postal Service. In attendance at the inaugrual release (held at Disneyland) is the artist responsbile for the artwork on the stamps - Peter Emmerich. (The stamps will go on sale nationwide the following day.)
2006:
The cast of Disney's newest Broadway stage musical Tarzan appears on
NBC-TV's The Today Show.
The animated film Leroy & Stitch debuts on Disney Channel. It is a spin-off
of the 2002 animated feature film Lilo & Stitch and the conclusion to the
television series Lilo & Stitch: The Series.
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1964:
Producer, writer, director, composer, and lyricist Joss Whedon is born in New York.
His Disney credits include The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and Toy Story. Whedon
is probably best known as the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dollhouse.
During the early planning
stages of Disneyland,
a Thomas A. Edison Square
was to be built
as an addition
to the Main Street area.
JUNE
2008:
The hit TV movie Camp Rock is shown on disney.com for the very first time. The Disney Channel Original Movie, starring the Jonas Brothers, had already debuted on television June 20.
2007:
Miley Cyrus' debut album Meet Miley Cyrus is released. It is the second soundtrack from the Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana and the debut solo album by Cyrus.
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Disneyland's Skyway debuts
"When we crashed, my entire life flashed before my eyes. It didn't take too long." -Nick Szalinski
(from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)
1938:
Walt Disney receives an honorary degree from Harvard University in
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
"Get me right, boys. I'm grateful for these honorary degrees and the distinction they confer. But I'll always wish I'd had the chance to go through college in the regular way and earn a plain bachelor of arts like the the thousands of kids nobody ever heard of, who are being graduated today." -Walt Disney's press statement
