2002:
The Lizzie McGuire episode "Mom's Best Friend" debuts on the Disney Channel as does the Disney Channel Original Movie Cadet Kelly, starring Hilary Duff and Christy Carlson Romano.
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1859:
Author Kenneth Grahame is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
His most famous story The Wind in the Willows will be
re-told in Disney's 1949 animated feature The Adventures of Icahbod and Mr. Toad. His 1898 children's book The Reluctant Dragon will serve as the key element for Disney's 1941 feature film
The Reluctant Dragon.
1924:
Actor Sean McClory is born in Dublin, Ireland. His Disney credits
include the live-action features The Gnome-Mobile,
The Happiest Millionaire, and Follow Me Boys!.
1945:
Emmy Award-winning composer Bruce Broughton, whose music can be heard throughout the Disney theme parks and in Disney's The Rescuers Down Under and Bambi II, is born in Los Angeles, California. His Disney theme park projects include The Timekeeper/From Time to Time, Honey I Shrunk the Audience, The Making of Me, and Epcot's Spaceship Earth.
Broughton also conducted and supervised the recording of Gershwin’s
"Rhapsody in Blue" for Fantasia 2000.
1986:
The Pirates of the Caribbean and Alice's Tea Party attractions both open in Tokyo Disneyland.
1987:
The television series The Wonderful World of Disney airs "Big Foot."
2001:
Disney On Ice begins a 4-day engagement at the
Tri-Cities Coliseum in Kennewick, Washington.
2006:
Actress Rhoda Williams - the voice of Drizella in Disney's 1950 animated feature Cinderella - passes away at age 75 in Oregon. A star of radio, television, and movies, Williams appeared on such programs as Dragnet, Ironside, The Twilight Zone, Marcus Welby, M.D. and General Hospital.
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In 1994 Disney World dropped the word "Center" from the "EPCOT" name and changed
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2008:
Celebrities visiting Disney World's Magic Kingdom on this day include entertainer Wayne Newton and St. Louis Cardinals All Star first baseman Albert Pujols.
Over at Disney's Animal Kingdom, a baby zebra named Kidani is born. The first Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra born at the Walt Disney World, he is named for the new expansion of Animal Kingdom Villas, which will be named Kidani Village.
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