1960:
The TV series Walt Disney Presents kicks off its seventh season on ABC.
1903:
Award-winning animator, director and Disney Legend Hamilton Luske is born in Illinois. He will go on to contribute to such Disney classics as Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Mary Poppins (for which he will win an Oscar for Best Effects, Special Visual Effects).
1925:
Actress Angela Lansbury, the voice of Mrs. Potts in Disney's Beauty and The Beast, and the star of the live-action Bedknobs and Broomsticks (as Miss Price), is born in London, England.
1938:
Disney's first full-length animated feature
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is released in Finland.
1959:
The TV series Walt Disney Presents airs episode 128 - "Killers of the High Country."
1973:
Walt Disney Productions celebrates its 50th anniversary!
1984:
Actor Trevor Blumas, who appears in Disney's 2005 Ice Princess as Teddy Harwood, is born in London, Ontario, Canada.
1997:
The 27th annual Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Golf Classic tees off. (David Duval will go on to win.)
1998:
At the Disney Legends Ceremony and luncheon at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, two Disney "Alices" join the group. Virginia Davis, considered to be the first 'Disney Star,' hired by 21-year-old Walt Disney in Kansas City for his silent "Alice Comedies" and Kathryn Beaumont-Levine, whose voice and personality were essential parts of Disney's "Alice In Wonderland," are inducted. The new Disney Legends Plaza is also dedicated at The Walt Disney Studios to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the The Walt Disney Company!
2001:
Facing a drop in theme park visitors since the terrorist attacks in September, it is reported that Walt Disney World has postponed the opening of their new resort, Pop Century. The first phase of the resort had been scheduled to open in March.
Edward B. "Ted" Crowell of Orlando, Florida, an engineer who became vice
president of facilities at Disney World during his 34-year career with the company,
passes away at age 71. Crowell started as an engineer at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, in 1958
and was credited with designing the "Q" lines; a compact way to snake visitors into rides and attractions. He also
designed the E ticket, used to admit visitors to the hottest rides during the early years when Disney World visitors
used coupon books to access park attractions.
2002:
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (of HBO's The Soprano's) debuts as the new star of Disney's Broadway show Beauty and the Beast.
2003:
The redesigned Disney exhibit at the Burbank Historical Society complex in
California is unveiled. The display gives an historical account of the evolution of animation, with a major
focus on Audio-Animatronics technology (which was introduced at Disneyland in 1963 in the Enchanted Tiki
Room and Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln attractions).
The Walt Disney Company recognizes 11 honorees as 2003
Disney Legends at a ceremony held at Disney Legends Plaza on the studio lot
in Burbank, California.
Leonard Shannon, one of Hollywood's top motion picture publicists and a 14-year
veteran of Disney's publicity department, passes away at his home in Goleta,
California. During his early days with Disney, Shannon helped to publicize the enormously popular Davy
Crockett films for the Disneyland television series.
2004:
The Game of LIFE Pirates of the Caribbean is released.
The Wonderful World of Disney airs "Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers."
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1977:
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist John Mayer is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. His version of the classic song "Route 66" appears on the 2006 soundtrack for the Disney/Pixar Cars.
Also born on this day - actress Amanda Tepe in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her Disney Channel credits include Wizards of Waverly Place, Cory in the House, and That's So Raven. (Fans of General Hospital will
recognize her as Colleen McHenry.)
High School Musical was
Disney Channel's most
successful movie at the time
it aired (January 20, 2006),
with 7.7 million viewers in
its first broadcast.
2007:
High School Musical on Tour, a new stage version of the hit Disney Channel movie, begins a series of performances at Auditorium Theatre in Rochester, New York.
Walt Disney Records releases A Disney Channel Holiday. The CD features performances by Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, The Cheetah Girls, Aly & AJ, and stars of High School Musical.
Walt Disney's very first Kingswell Ave garage/studio (which was part of his Uncle Robert's home) was moved to the Garden Grove Historical Society Stanley Ranch Museum at 12174 Euclid Street ... not too far from the Disneyland Resort theme park. See October 20 1984 to learn more!
2006:
The music video for the Aly & AJ song "Greatest Time of Year" debuts after the
broadcast of the Disney Channel Original movie Twitches. The tune, from their Acoustic
Hearts of Winter Christmas-themed album, is being used to promote the Disney feature The Santa Clause 3.
1953:
Disney's Peter Pan is released in Australia.
1931:
Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon The Spider and the Fly, directed by Wilfred Jackson, is released.
2008:
Three-thousand people attend the premiere screening of High School Musical 3 at the University of Southern California's Galen Centre, home of the Trojan basketball team. While being billed a "world premiere," the $40 million movie has premiered in London already as well as Madrid and Paris. It is scheduled for a theatrical release in the U.S. on October 24.
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1923:
The Disney Brothers Studio is founded as a partnership when Walt and his older
brother Roy sign a contract with M. J. Winkler (a New York cartoon distributor) to
produce a series of animated short subjects entitled Alice Comedies. At this time, the
Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio is located on Kingswell Ave in Los Angeles, California. It is a structure (in the
back of a realty office) that the brothers are renting - although eventually they will move into the building next
door, taking over the whole first floor. On this day, Walt also pens a letter to the parents of actress Virginia Davis
persuading them to move to Hollywood (from Kansas City) so that she can star in his new
combination live-action and animated shorts.
Disney Brothers Studio founded
D23 Day
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1996:
Imagineer X Atencio is among the 10 honored as Disney Legends.
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2009:
Disney's A Christmas Carol Train Tour pulls into Miami, Florida for 3 days.
