1906:
Composer and Disney Legend Paul J. Smith is born in Calumet, Michigan. He will go on to write scores for nearly 70 Disney animated shorts and countless features (both animated & live-action). Smith will win an Oscar for the music in Pinocchio and appear in Fantasia as a member of the orchestra. He (along with Buddy Baker) will also score music for theme park attractions such as Disneyland's Adventure Thru Inner Space. (Smith will also compose music for the 1950s TV series Leave It to Beaver.)
2005:
The world premiere of Chicken Little takes place at the
El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California.
1939:
Actor Sammy Ogg - who portrays Joe Simpson on the Disney 1955-1957 serial The Adventures of Spin and Marty - is born in Lexington, Virginia.
1957:
Stand-up comedian-turned-actor Kevin Pollak, who was Spinlok in Disney World's now extinct Alien Encounter, is born in San Fancisco, California. His Disney credits also include the live-action films The Santa Clause 2 and The Santa Clause 3 as Cupid. (You may recognize Pollak from such features as Avalon, Grumpy Old Men, and The Wedding Planner.)
1959:
The TV series Walt Disney Presents airs "Swamp Fox: Brother Against Brother." It is the second episode of an 8-part mini-series.
1960:
The Walt Disney Presents TV series features the original Zorro episode "El Bandido."
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1966:
The television series The Wonderful World of Disney airs "Ghallagher Goes West: Crusading Reporter."
1977:
The Wonderful World of Disney airs "Halloween Hall O' Fame," featuring Jonathan Winters on NBC. Winters plays a bumbling night watchman for Walt Disney Productions who swaps heads with a talking pumpkin named Jack.
1996:
Toy Story is released on home video.
2000:
At the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood The Nightmare Before Christmas is
shown along with the brand new Disney short John Henry.
2002:
The Disneyland Resort hosts a costume party and screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Beauty and the Beast becomes the seventh longest-running
show on Broadway with performance number 3,487.
2003:
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Film Screening takes place at Disneyland.
2006:
The Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is presented a $5 million gift from the Walt Disney Company Foundation (the largest donation ever made to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles by a corporate foundation). It will be used toward the construction of a new hospital building slated to open in 2009.
James McCown of St. Petersburg, Florida, rides Expedition Everest for the 1000th time at Disney's Animal Kingdom! Riding with McCown (who calls himself "Yeti Man" and wears furry gloves and a ski hat) is park guest Steven Nichols age 12, from London, England.
The pavement at Epcot
was engineered by Disney and Kodak photography to be painted a specific custom
color of pink that makes the
grass look greener and
pictures look brighter!
1735:
John Adams, the second United States President, is born in
Braintree, Massachusetts. Regarded as one of the most influential Founding Fathers
of the United States, Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams, the 6th U.S. President. Visit
Adams and all our Chief Executives at Disney World's The Hall of Presidents.
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1992:
Disney's 1991 animated hit Beauty and the Beast is released to VHS and Laserdisc.
2008:
Starting on this day, Downtown Disney Florida hosts trick-or-treaters for a free Happy Haunting event from 5 to 9 p.m. Today and tomorrow (Halloween), children can dress up and collect candy at such stores as World of Disney, Team Mickey, Once Upon a Toy, Pooh Corner, Disney’s Days of Christmas, World of Memories, Disney’s Pin Traders, Mickey’s Pantry, Mickey’s Groover, DisneyQuest Emporium and Pin Cart West Side.
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Rest in peace, brother Huet. We all know you didn't do it.
World Premiere of Chicken Little
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1997:
Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party takes place at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World for the first of two nights. It is the first time
ever the ticketed event is held on the night before Halloween.
Disney Legend Paul J. Smith born
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2009:
Disney's A Christmas Carol Train Tour pulls into New York City's Grand Central
Terminal for its 40th and final stop. Over the last 24 weeks, the special Amtrak train has visited 36
states to promote Disney's A Christmas Carol (which wil open in theaters November 6).
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"Fear is the foundation of most governments." -John Adams
Haunted Mansion tribute to Cliff Huet - involved in the attraction's architecture & one of the primary interior designers
1963:
Disney's The Incredible Journey is released to theaters. The live-action film, based on
Sheila Burnford's book of the same name, tells the story of a cat named Tao and two dogs named Bodger
and Luath - who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. (In 1993 Disney will release a remake
titled Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.)
"I was secure with my head. I knew I was a pumpkin mentally. There's a lot of seeds up there -
some gone." -Jonathan Winters on his role as Jack
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