1995:
Winnie the Pooh's 70th Anniversary CD, Take My Hand: Songs From the 100 Acre Wood is released. The 13-track album features all-new original songs with some old favorites by artists like Maureen McGovern and Tyler Collins.
1996:
Disney World's Pleasure Island holds its fourth annual "Jazz Fest."
Top-name musicians headlining the event, include Jeff Kashiwa, Greg Karukas, Craig Chaquico and Keiko
Matsui. Performances are held on the West End Stage, Hub Video Stage and in the Jazz Company club.
1813:
It is believed by most historians that opera composer Giuseppe Verdi - composer of Aida - is born in the village of Le Roncole, Duchy of Parma, on this day. His story of Aida will later be the basis for Disney's Broadway hit musical.
2002:
The Walt Disney Company and Frito-Lay announce a new multi-year agreement by
which Frito-Lay snack products will be featured at both the Walt Disney World and
Disneyland Resorts.
1930:
The Mickey Mouse cartoon The Gorilla Mystery is released. When Beppo the
Gorilla escapes from the zoo and captures Minnie ... it's Mickey to the rescue!
1931:
The Mickey Mouse short The Barnyard Broadcast is released. A satire on radio broadcasting, Mickey and the gang take part in a wild musical show.
1936:
Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Elephant is released. It is Frank Thomas' first animation work for the Disney Studios.
1955:
The Mickey Mouse Club airs on ABC-TV. Today is Fun With Music Day.
1956:
The Disneyland television series airs episode 52 - part 2 of "Rob Roy."
1957:
Disney's third television series Zorro has its debut on ABC-TV with the
episode "Presenting Senor Zorro." The new adventure series stars Guy Williams in the
dual role of Zorro & Don Diego, Henry Calvin as Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia, Gene Sheldon as
Bernardo, and George J. Lewis as Don Alejandro. Zorro, which is Spanish for "fox", is the story of a masked rider
who battles the unjust rulers of the pueblo of Los Angeles during the days of Spanish rule.
1958:
The TV series Walt Disney Presents airs the episode "The Pigeon that Worked a Miracle."
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1961:
Singer & actress Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid
(including the sequels) and Barbie for both Toy Story 2 and 3, is born Jodi Marzorati
in Rockford, Illinois. She's also lent her voice to Hercules: Zero to Hero, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's
Adventure, and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure.
1998:
The Journey Into Imagination ride and the attraction Image Works, both located in Epcot's Journey Into Imagination pavilion, close for renovation.
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According to Kodak (one time sponsor of Journey Into Imagination) 4% of all amateur photographs are taken at Disneyland and
Walt Disney World.
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1947:
Tony Award-winning actor Gary Beach, the original Lumiere in Disney's Broadway hit Beauty and the Beast, is born in Alexandria, Virginia.
1952:
The Disney short Trick or Treat, directed by Jack Hannah, is released. After Donald Duck (voiced by Clarence Nash) plays a cruel Halloween prank on his nephews, the 3 team-up with Hazel the Witch (voiced by June Foray) to teach him a lesson about 'tricks and treats'! (The following month a similar "Trick or Treat" story by Carl Barks will appear in the Donald Duck #26 comic book.)
1941:
Disney's animated feature Pinocchio is released in Canada.
2008:
Harry S. Gold, executive director of business and legal affairs for Disney Theatrical Productions, passes away at age 50 in New York after a long battle with cancer. Gold first joined Disney in 1997, just as the company was solidifying its place on Broadway with The Lion King.
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1900:
Legendary actress Helen Hayes is born in Washington, D.C. Her Disney credits include the 1974 Herbie Rides Again (as Mrs. Steinmetz ) and the 1977 Candleshoe (playing Lady St. Edmund).
1929:
Disney's Mickey Mouse short The Barnyard Battle is released. It is the first short to depict Mickey as a soldier and the first to place him in combat. Directed by Bert Gillett, it is also the first short not directed by Walt Disney himself.
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"Little Mermaid was very challenging. The only way I knew how to approach it was like a play. All of us had stage background, so this was the first time in Disney history for the whole cast to meet each other before the movie actually came out. We sat down around the table like a play reading, and did a read-through. We started working off of each other. That's the only way we knew how to approach it." -Jodi Benson
2009:
Mickey Mouse visits Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri (Walt Disney’s hometown
between 1911-1923) to celebrate the unveiling of a traveling art exhibit that pays
homage to Walt Disney’s lifelong love of trains. Local preschoolers along with representatives
from the Kansas City Mayor’s office and hundreds of fans see Mickey before he departs from Union Station bound
for Los Angeles for a viewing party for the premier of the Disney Channel primetime special, Mickey Mouse
Clubhouse: Choo Choo Express (which will air Sunday October 25th). Radio Disney and representatives from the
United States Marines are also on hand to help Mickey kick off Disney’s annual Toys for Tots campaign.
Nearly 300 Disney VoluntEARS take part in the Greater Orlando Start! Heart Walk at
Loch Haven Park in Orlando, Florida. A three-mile trek, Disney Cast Members raise more than
$8,000 for research and education to help fight heart disease and stroke.
1997:
The science fiction comedy feature RocketMan is released by Walt Disney Pictures.
Shot on location at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, the film stars Harland Williams as Fred Z. Randall
- a geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer who gets the chance to travel to Mars.
