NOV 19 Disney History

1978:

A 90-minute television show airs on The Wonderful World of Disney to

celebrate Mickey Mouse's 50th birthday. Guest appearances include

Gerald Ford, Billy Graham, Lawrence Welk, Willie Nelson, Gene

Kelly, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, Edgar Bergen, Jodie Foster, Goldie

Hawn, Eva Gabor, Anne Bancroft, Jo Anne Worley, and Johnny Carson.

1905:

Actress Eleanor Audley, the voices of Maleficent in Disney's 1959 Sleeping

Beauty and Lady Tremaine in the 1950 Cinderella, is born in New York

City. She is also the original voice of Madame Leota for the Haunted Mansion attractions. (Fans of the 1960s sitcom Green Acres may remember Audley for her role of Eunice, Oliver's mother!)

2005:

The month-long Festival of the Seasons kicks off at the Downtown Disney Marketplace in Florida.

1906:

Write, Imagineer and Disney Legend William Cottrell is born to English parents in South Bend, Indiana. His Disney credits include Pinocchio, The Reluctant Dragon, and Alice in Wonderland. Cottrell was the first president of what is today known as Walt Disney Imagineering! (He is also the brother-in-law of Lillian and Walt Disney.)

1919:

Actor Alan Young is born in England. He is the voice of Scrooge McDuck for the

film Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas and The House of Mouse television series. He

also appears in the 1978 live-action feature The Cat From Outer Space. (TV fans may

recognize him as Wilbur Post on the classic series Mr. Ed.)

1932:

Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon Babes in the Woods

(based on the Hansel and Gretel story) is released.

1941:

The Disney cartoon Thrifty Pigs (made for the

National Film Board of Canada) is delivered.

1960:

Actress Allison Janney, the voice of Peach in Disney/Pixar's 2003 Finding Nemo, is born in Dayton, Ohio.

1961:

The NBC-TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

airs part 2 of "The Light in the Forest."

1962:

Academy Award-winning actress, director & producer Jodie Foster is born in Los

Angeles, California. Her 1970s Disney credits include the live-action features Candleshoe, Freaky Friday,

One Little Indian, and Napoleon and Samantha.

1966:

Actor Jason Scott Lee, the voice of David Kawena in Disney's 2002 Lilo & Stitch, is born in Oahu, Hawaii.

1971:

Walt Disney World's new Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground (located at 4510 North Fort Wilderness Trail) opens in Florida.

1990:

Disney World's Beach Club Resort (located at 1800 Epcot

Resorts Blvd) opens. This deluxe Disney property takes after

a luxurious Victorian Cape Cod Resort and features Stormalong Bay (an enormous swimming pool). Also debuting in the hotel is the Atlantic Wear and Wardrobe Emporium Shop.

1999:

FastPass is first used in Disneyland for It's a Small World.

Toy Story 2, the third Disney/Pixar feature film, and the sequel to Toy Story, is

released in the U.S. (Not originally intended for release in theaters, Disney had asked Pixar to make a

direct-to-video sequel for the original Toy Story with a 60 minute running time. But when Disney executives saw

how impressive the in-work imagery for the sequel was, they decided to create a theatrical movie!)

2000:

The Wonderful World of Disney airs the movie Santa Who? starring Leslie Nielsen.

2004:

Disneyland's A Christmas Fantasy Parade returns for the holiday season.

Santa Goofy and Chip & Dale visit with shoppers at

New York City's World of Disney store (through the New Year).

Comic-actor Tim Allen, the voice of Buzz Lightyear and the star of The Santa Clause films, receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Disney's Steamboat Willie is the first cartoon released with synchronized sound to attract widespread public notice & popularity - it is not the first cartoon with sound. Other cartoons with soundtracks had been exhibited before, notably Max Fleischer's

My Old Kentucky Home (in 1926).

1996:

Disney Online officially launches its Internet Disney Store.

1998:

VH1 airs Hollywood & Vinyl: Disney's 101 Greatest Musical Moments - a look back at musical moments in the history of Disney animated feature films from the last 75 years.

2007:

The Disney feature Enchanted has its U.S. premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. In attendance are members of the cast including Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Earlier in the day, Dempsey and Adams visit MTV's TRL, shot at MTV Studios in New York City's Times Square.

1831:

James Abram Garfield, the twentieth United States President, is born in Orange Township, now Moreland Hills, Ohio. Visit him and all the U.S. Chief Executivesat Disney World's The Hall of Presidents.

"Rap on a table. It's time to respond. Send me a message from somewhere beyond!" -Audley as Leota

2008:

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts breaks ground for its first family

destination resort in Hawaii with a traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony on its 21-acre oceanfront property, located at the Ko Olina Resort & Marina development on the western side of O'ahu. Scheduled to open in 2011, plans include 350 hotel rooms and 480 Disney Vacation Club timeshare villas.