2001:
Singer Taylor Dayne offers her last performance in Disney's Broadway
musical Aida. She has played the role of Amneris since February 2001.
Idina Menzel will step into the role 5 days later.
2005:
It is reported that an 11-year-old boy from Chicago (who battles cerebal palsy) has convinced his family to donate the $2500 they had saved up for a Walt Disney World vaction to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
1904:
Robert G. Springsteen is born in Tacoma, Washington. He will go on to direct segments of Disney's TV series The Mickey Mouse Club (as well as the TV classics Bonanaza and Wanted: Dead or Alive).
1905:
Animator/cartoonist Lynn Karp is born. Between 1935 and 1941, he will work as an animator at Disney on such films as Pinocchio and Fantasia. In the late 1940s, he will draw comics for Hi-Jinx (B&I Publishing Co.), Barnyard Comics, and produce some premium giveaway comics for Disney.
1955:
Elsa Marquez is welcomed as the one-millionth guest entering Disneyland (just 7 weeks after the park's grand opening)!
1974:
Kevin Osgood, a member of Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club series (for seasons 2-5), is born in San Diego, California.
1981:
Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas, the voice of Young Simba in Disney's 1994
animated feature The Lion King, is born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Fans of the
ABC-TV sitcom Home Improvement will remember him as Randy Taylor.
1989:
The TV series, The Nutt House, co-written by Mel Brooks for Touchstone/Disney, first airs on NBC. An American variation on the BBC classic "Fawlty Towers," the series stars Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman. The expensive interior hotel scenes have been shot at the Disney-MGM Studios. (The series will be cancelled after only 6 episodes.)
1994:
The Disneyana Convention 1994 kicks off for 4 days at Walt Disney World.
1995:
Night of Joy 1995 debuts at Disney World's Magic Kingdom.
1996:
Disney's musical "Beauty and the Beast" plays its 1000th performance on Broadway! (The show had opened at the Palace Theatre in April 1994.)
1998:
Disneyland's Submarine Voyage attraction closes. Starting in June 1959, the Nautilus and seven sister submarines - the Triton, Sea Wolf, Skate, Skipjack, George Washington, Patrick Henry, and Ethan Allen - had allowed 38 Disneyland guests at a time to take their own voyage to the "North Pole." (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was the Florida counterpart of the Submarine Voyage.)
It's official ... the Walt Disney World attraction Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is permanently
closed. On this day work begins on Mr Toad's home as it will become The Many Adventures of Winnie the
Pooh. One of the park's opening day attractions, it was modeled after the Disneyland attraction. Despite the ride's popularity and many protests, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride entertained guests for the very last time yesterday.
2000:
A lineup headed by Christian music female vocalist of the year Jaci Velasquez, former female vocalist of the year CeCe Winans and Gospel rockers the Newsboys perform during the 18th annual Walt Disney World Night of Joy.
The Disney Channel Original Movie The Other Me, starring Andrew Lawrence as Will Browning and his clone Twoie, debuts.
2002:
Disney World's 2,112-room Caribbean Beach Resort closes for renovation. In a first for Disney World, the entire hotel is shut down while the resort's restaurant is updated. (It is expected to be completed for the December holidays.)
As part of the One Hundred Mickeys exhibit, the Disneyland Resort hosts the "Where's Mickey?" pin event.
2003:
Disney's Teacher of the Year is announced on TV's The Wayne Brady Show.
John Passarini, a physical education teacher from Wayland, Massachusetts is the lucky winner. He was selected from more than 185,000 nominees!
2004:
away at age 92 in California. His Disney credits during his 43-year career include
animating Thumper and Bambi on the ice in Bambi, Lady and Tramp eating a romantic spaghetti
dinner in Lady and the Tramp, and Mad Madam Mim in the Sword in the Stone. A native Californian,
Thomas played piano for the Disney Dixieland jazz group, The Firehouse Five plus Two.
2006:
The 24th Night of Joy (an annual 2-day Christian music event)
begins at Walt Disney World.
Disney Channel debuts the new animated series The Replacements, the 15th Hannah Montana episode - "More Than A Zombie To Me," and the 50th episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody - "Volley Dad."
“Frank was a giant in our field and he meant everything to me and to all of us who love the art of animation. Besides being one of the key guys to help elevate animation from a novelty to an incredible art form, he was so generous in passing along his knowledge and experiences to the generations that followed. The books that he wrote with Ollie had a big impact on so many of us working in animation today. Frank was one of my main mentors and a tremendous influence on me. I feel very privileged to have known him.”
-Academy Award-winning filmmaker John Lasseter on Disney Legend Frank Thomas
At the Disney's Hollywood Studios, the dinosaur on Echo Lake is a tribute to pioneering animator Winsor McCay and
his revolutionary 1914
animated cartoon,
Gertie the Dinosaur.
2007:
The Emmy Awards are broadcast from the Shrine Auditorium in Los
Angeles, California. "Nick News with Linda Ellerbee" is awarded Outstanding Children's Program
beating out nominees "Hannah Montana," "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody," and "That's So Raven."
1986:
Actor Jake Sandvig - Lash in Disney's 2005 Sky High - is born in Clovis, California.
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Although not the first animated film,
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first cartoon to feature a character
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1993:
Disney's Hollywood Pictures releases The Joy Luck Club, a film about the
relationships between Chinese-American women and their Chinese mothers.
Based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Amy Tan, the film is produced by Oliver Stone.
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In Memory of Frank Thomas
Submarine Voyage closes
