2005:
Actor/singer Eddie Albert passes away at age 99 in California. Best known for
his role on the classic television series Green Acres, Albert appears in the 1975
Disney live-action film Escape to Witch Mountain.
1915:
Radio, film & TV character actor Sam Edwards is born in Macon, Georgia. His Disney voice credits include adult Thumper for Bambi, Ollie the Owl for the America Sings attraction and Heffalumps & Woozles, as well as Owl & Tigger for Winnie the Pooh LP records. Edwards also narrates & provides voices for numerous Disneyland Storyteller albums and appears in the live-action features The Boatniks, The Absent-Minded Professor, and Escape to Witch Mountain. (Edwards' son William Edwards - a professional ragtime pianist known as "Professor" Bill Edwards has performed at Disneyland!)
1920:
Singing legend Peggy Lee, who contributed greatly to Disney's 1955 animated feature Lady and the Tramp, is born in Jamestown, North Dakota.
Lee is the speaking and singing voices of Darling, Peg, and the two devious cats Si and Am. She also co-wrote all of the film's songs with her friend and Decca Records colleague Francis "Sonny" Burke.
1928:
Walt Disney copyrights his Mickey Mouse film Plane Crazy.
1949:
Actress Dayle Haddon, who appears in the 1973 live-action feature The World's Greatest Athlete, is born in Canada.
1962:
Comedian Bob Goldthwait, the voice of Pain in Disney's 1997 feature Hercules and the TV series House of Mouse, is born in Syracuse, New York. (Film fans may remember him for his role of Zed in the humorous Police Academy movies.)
1963:
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color NBC-TV series wins 2 Emmy Awards -
one for Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Children's
Programming and a second for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and
Scenic Design (Carroll Clark Art Director, Marvin Aubrey Davis Scenic Designer).
1986:
EPCOT's Spaceship Earth reopens with a new narration by legendary newsman Walter Cronkite, a new finale song titled "Tomorrow's Child," and a new sponsor - AT&T. It is the attraction's second version.
1989:
Disney Channel airs the 25th episode of MMC. Today is Hall of Fame Day!
1990:
Mickey's Starland opens in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
(Originally known as Mickey's Birthdayland in 1988, it will later be renamed Mickey's Toontown Fair.)
2001:
Veterans of World War II and Pearl Harbor survivors are honored at a special screening of the new Disney/Touchstone movie Pearl Harbor at 8 a.m. at the Edwards Big Newport Theatre in Newport Beach, California. All proceeds from the event, being hosted by a group of World War II veterans, will be contributed to the Orange County Veterans Charities.
The ABC-TV series House of Mouse airs the episode
"Everybody Loves Mickey."
2003:
Memorial Day
Herman's Hermits featuring Peter Noone finish up their successful 4-day engagement at Epcot with 3 final shows at the American Gardens Theater.
2006:
Disney/Pixar's Cars stages its world premiere at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. NASCAR legends Richard Petty
& Darrell Waltrip, and others from the voice cast of the film
are joined by a host of stars from the racing world.
Disney Channel premieres the Hannah Montana episode "Mascot Love."
It is the eighth episode of the hit series starring Miley Cyrus.
1983:
The EPCOT Outreach information area opens in Communicore West.
1999:
Exactly 44 years to the day since he joined the Disney Company, Dick Nunis retires as chairman of Walt Disney Attractions.
Mickey's Toontown opened in
Disneyland in 1993. It is themed
on the Toontown seen in the film
Who Framed Roger Rabbit. At
Disney World, Mickey's Toontown
Fair first opened as Mickey's
Birthdayland in 1988. Its storyline
portrays the land as the holiday
home for the characters who
reside at Mickey's Toontown in
California.
2008:
Today is Memorial Day.
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2009:
An advanced screening of the new Disney-Pixar animated feature Up takes place at AMC Star Grand Rapids in Michigan. (The film officially opens May 29.)
Walt Disney Records releases Disney / Pixar Greatest, a collection of the greatest songs and score from favorite Disney·Pixar films.
Spaceship Earth reopens
