Today is Veterans' Day
In 1926, a government resolution was issued to make November 11 a day of thanksgiving and prayer. It was made a legal holiday in 1938 & called Armistice Day. Following World War II, the name was changed to Veterans' Day.
2006:
The 11th annual ABC Super Soap Weekend kicks off at Disney-MGM Studios.
The 3-day Festival of the Masters at the Downtown Disney Marketplace
in Florida, begins.
1925:
Bard's Glendale Theater in Los Angeles, California previews Disney's Alice
comedy film Alice on the Farm. (It will be released the following January.)
Legendary comedian and actor Jonathan Winters is born in Dayton, Ohio.
He appears in the 1971 TV special The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World and stars in the 1977 Halloween Hall O' Fame. (Known for his madcap wildness, Winters' film credits include It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming. He even appeared in The Twilight Zone episode
"A Game of Pool" - playing a dramatic role!)
1953:
Disney's animated short Ben and Me - about a mouse who comes to live with Benjamin Franklin - is released. It will be nominated for an Academy Award (Short Subjects / Two Reels).
Also released is the 3D short Working for Peanuts featuring Donald Duck and Chip 'n' Dale.
Disney's animated Peter Pan is released in Mexico.
1955:
The Mickey Mouse Club airs on ABC-TV. Today is Talent Round-Up Day.
1956:
Walt Disney appears as a mystery guest on the TV show What's My Line? (The game show, hosted by John Daly, is one of the earliest successes of Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Productions.)
1962:
Actress Demi Moore, the voice of Esmeralda in Disney's 1996 animated release The Hunchback of Notre Dame, is born in Roswell, New Mexico.
1991:
A new 90,000-square-foot convention center opened adjacent to Disney World's Contemporary Resort. The state-of-the-art center is connected by an enclosed second floor walkway to the original convention space in the main hotel.
1992:
The Disney animated feature Aladdin - featuring the
voice of Robin Williams and the song "Whole New World" - has its world premiere.
About a street-smart young thief in the mythical city of Agrabah who meets and falls in love with the Sultan's
beautiful daughter named Jasmine, it will become the highest-grossing animated film up to that time. (Aladdin
will win Academy Awards for Best Song - "A Whole New World" and Best Original Score.)
1993:
Disney announces plans to build an amusement park called Disney's America with a history theme somewhere west of Washington, D.C. (The project will eventually be cancelled.)
1995:
The Annie Awards are presented in Los Angeles, California. Disney's Pocahontas takes home 4 awards including one for Best Animated Feature.
1997:
Disney's Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is released direct-to-video.
Walt Disney Records releases the soundtrack to Flubber, featuring the music of Danny Elfman.
2000:
The 28th Annual Annie Awards ceremony (the highest honor given for excellence
in animation) takes place at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California. Disney's An
Extremely Goofy Movie, Toy Story 2, Mickey Mouseworks, and Fantasia/2000 all take home awards.
2001:
The touring version of Disney's musical Aida comes to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. (The show will run until January 5.)
In honor of Veterans' Day, a special Flag Retreat is held at Disneyland. Cast Members who are also Veterans of the Armed Forces are invited to participate. Also on hand are the United States Army Southern California Recruiting Battalion and Grand Marshals from the Anaheim Veterans of Foreign Wars & the American Legion Post. The Disneyland Band provides the music as the American and Californian flags are lowered and folded.
2003:
Starting on this day "Disney's Wildfire Heroes Salute," offers firefighters,
law enforcement and rescue personnel (who battled the recent Southern California
wildfires) an opportunity to enjoy complimentary, three-day admission into
Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure.The special salute will run through March 31, 2004.
On this day the President of the United States signs into law a list of resolutions, and
bills that rename federal facilities. Among the bills: H.R. 1610, Walt Disney Post
Office Building, Marceline, Missouri. (A ceremony renaming the Marceline post office will be held
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2005:
Disneyland's real live Christmas tree is officially revealed. The tree, which stands in Town Square, is decorated with 5,000 golden ornaments in honor of Disneyland’s 50th Anniversary celebration.
1937:
The final animation is completed for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - which is scheduled to open in a little more than a month!
The idea of adapting the Aladdin story as a Disney animated musical was
first proposed by songwriter Howard Ashman in 1988.
2007:
Disney's Broadway production The Lion King was to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a gala performance at the Minskoff Theatre. But due to a strike by Local One, the stagehands union, most Broadway shows, including TLK, go dark for a second day.
1999:
Disney's Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast transfers to its new home, the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The musical first opened at the Palace Theatre April 18, 1994.
1971:
Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks opens at
Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Actor David DeLuise is born to actor/comedian Dom DeLuise and actress Carol Arthur, in Burbank, California. He plays Jerry Russo on the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place.
1946:
The day before the premiere of Disney's Song of the South, a parade is held in
Atlanta with Walt himself, the governor of Georgia, and William B. Hartsfield the
mayor of Atlanta. There are bands, floats, and some of the characters from the film. A luncheon at the
Capital Club and a tea at the Wren's Nest follows.
Imagine if you had three wishes, three hopes, three dreams and they all could come true.
1994:
The Santa Clause released by both Walt Disney Pictures and Hollywood Pictures, and starring Tim Allen, debuts.
2008:
Disney releases Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh on DVD. Originally aired on
television in 3 parts, it features Patrick McGoohan as Dr. Syn (a kindly country vicar in 18th-century England).
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The Santa Clause released
1988:
Ernest Saves Christmas - a Touchstone Pictures comedy film directed by John
R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney - is released. It is the third film to feature Varney's
character Ernest P. Worrell.
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The 31st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, it is based on the Arab folktale of Aladdin and the magic lamp from One Thousand and One Nights.
"I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it." -Jonathan Winters
