1997:
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad airs on
The Disney Channel .... 4 days after it has been announced that Disney World is
going to close the classic Mr. Toad attraction in Fantasyland.
ABC-TV's The Wonderful World of Disney airs the movie Tower of Terror for the first
time. Starring Steve Guttenberg and Kirsten Dunst, it is an early attempt at turning
a theme park attraction into a movie.
A touring exhibition of design art (from the Walt Disney Imagineering archives)
called Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance is
displayed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
2004:
Walt Disney Records releases Christy Carlson Romano: Her Greatest Disney Hits - featuring the new single "Dive In" written by Christian music singer Cindy Morgan.
2000:
Disneyland presents a special nighttime event called
Disney Villain Diva's Enchanted Evening.
2001:
It is announced that The Walt Disney Company (which pulled its TV advertising
September 11) has begun an aggressive new marketing and publicity campaign to
court vacationers. The company is spending tens of millions of dollars advertising on television.
The Orlando Business Journal announces that Walt Disney World guests will start to
receive a daily copy of USA Today in their hotel rooms instead of the
Orlando Sentinel.
2007:
Disney Channel debuts "I Almost Drowned in a Chocolate Fountain," the third episode of Wizards of Waverly Place.
Disney's Touchstone Pictures releases the comedy-drama Dan in Real Life starring Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche.
1935:
Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon Three Orphan Kittens, directed by David Hand,
is released. (This short will win an Academy Award for Best Cartoon.)
1949:
A letter from Disney marketing genius Kay Kamen (mailed from Paris and postmarked October 26) is received by Ruth Ivener, vice-president of Kay Kamen Ltd., in New York. The letter contains a flurry of business details and jokes about Kamen's fear of flying. Tragically, at age 56, Kay Kamen and his beloved wife, Katie, will die the next day in an Air France crash over the Azores (a group of islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean).
1955:
The Mickey Mouse Club airs on ABC-TV. Today is Anything Can Happen Day.
The Disneyland television series airs episode 28: "The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow." The first half features the story of writer Washington Irving
followed by Disney's version of his classic tale.
1986:
Donald Duck is shown for the first time in the People's Republic of China. Chinese television launches a weekly half-hour of old Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse cartoons.
1945:
Disney's Cured Duck - featuring Donald Duck and Daisy - is released. Directed by
Jack King and written by Roy Williams, Daisy refuses to let Donald leave the house until he learns to control
his bad temper!
WDW's original monorail track
ran in a loop directly through
the concourse of the
Contemporary Resort, to the
Polynesian Resort, the Magic
Kingdom gate & the Ticket &
Transportation Center. In 1982 the monorail was extended
with a four mile run to Epcot,
including a scenic loop
through Future World.
Dear departed brother Dave, He chased a bear into
a cave.
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THIS DAY MADE IN THE USA
OCTOBER 26
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Donald Duck premieres in China
Tower of Terror TV debut
1942:
Actor Bob Hoskins is born in Suffolk, England. He is known for his roles in such family films as
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (as Eddie), Hook (as Smee), and Disney's A Christmas Carol (as Mr. Fezziwig).
2009:
"Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee!" - a new, live musical production is presented
aboard the Liberty Belle Riverboat in Disney World's Magic Kingdom. A limited-engagement show, the 15-minute performance features an energetic cast of musicians and singers, as
well as characters from the Walt Disney Pictures’ animated film The Princess and the Frog.
