1928:
Disney's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon Hot Dog is released.
It is the final Oswald short produced.
Imagineer and Disney Legend Harriet Burns is born Harriet Tapp in San Antonio,
Texas. Burns was the first woman ever hired by Walt Disney Imagineering in a creative rather than an
office capacity. She began working at Disney Studios in 1955 as a prop and set painter for the Mickey
Mouse Club. Burns later helped to create Sleeping Beauty Castle, New Orleans Square, the Haunted
Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, and many other theme park and World's Fair attractions.
Retiring in 1986, after 31 years with the Walt Disney Company, she later became involved with the Disney
fan community as a popular speaker.
2005:
Conductor John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra pay tribute to
Walt Disney with a performance of Walt Disney: 75 Years of Music. Special guests include Dick Van Dyke, Jodi Benson, Paige O'Hara, and Alan Menken.
1907:
Actor and voice artist Alan Reed, the voice of Boris in Disney's 1955 classic Lady and the Tramp, is born in New York City. Cartoon fans may know him as the original voice of Fred Flintstone. Reed is credited with the catchphrase "Yabba dabba doo!"
1932:
Disney's black & white Mickey Mouse cartoon Trader Mickey is released. A spoof of the
1931 MGM film Trader Horn, it is directed by David Hand. While taking a shipload of musical instruments along the
African coast, Mickey and Pluto are captured by cannibals!
1933:
United States political leader George Mitchell is born in Waterville, Maine. A member
since 1995 of the Walt Disney Company board of directors, he became Disney’s board chairman in 2004.
2002:
Disney releases the CD Disney's Greatest Hits, Vol 3. The third and final volume of the Disney’s Greatest albums, this collection includes performances by Danny Elfman, Sarah McLachlan and Jodi Benson.
The animated Return to Never Land is released on VHS and DVD. Produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, it was originally released in February 2002 by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a sequel to Disney's 1953 film Peter Pan and is based on J. M. Barrie's 1911 novel Peter and Wendy.
2006:
The evening performance of Disney's Tarzan (at the Richard Rodgers Theatre
in New York City) benefits the Actors' Fund of America. (The Actors' Fund, which was
founded in 1882, is a non-profit organization that provides for the social welfare of all entertainment professionals.)
The 2006 Teen Choice Awards ceremony is held in California. Among the winners:
-Choice Movie: Action: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
-Choice Movie Actor: Action/Drama: Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Captain Jack Sparrow
-Choice Movie: Sleazebag: Bill Nighy – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Davy Jones
-Choice Movie: Hissy Fit: Keira Knightley – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
-Choice Movie: Rumble: Orlando Bloom vs. Jack Davenport – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
-Choice Movie: Scream: Keira Knightley – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
-Choice Movie: Summer – Action/Drama: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
-Choice TV: Actor: James Denton (Desperate Housewives)
-Choice TV Show: Comedy/Musical: High School Musical
-Choice TV Show: Reality: American Idol
-Choice TV: Reality Star – Male: Drew Lachey (Dancing with the Stars)
-Choice TV: Breakout Star: Zac Efron (High School Musical)
-Choice TV: Chemistry: Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical)
1989:
Lionel Hampton and his Big Band perform at Disneyland for the first of a seven-day engagement. A jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, bandleader and actor, Hampton ranks among the great names in jazz history.
Great Moments with
Mr. Lincoln was the
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1974:
Actress Amy Lou Adams is born in Vicenza, Italy, to American parents. She
appeared as Princess Giselle in the 2007 Walt Disney Pictures fantasy animated-live action film Enchanted (and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance). She also co-starred in the 2011 The Muppets.
1833:
Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third United States President, is
born on a farm in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio. He is one of the few
presidents to have a Disney song written about him. The 1968 film The One and Only Genuine
Original Family Band features the Sherman Brothers' song "Oh, Benjamin Harrison." Visit him
and all the U.S. Chief Executives at Disney World's The Hall of Presidents.
1992:
Actress and singer/songwriter Demi Lovato is born in Dallas, Texas. Best
known to Disney Channel fans as Mitchie Torres in Camp Rock, she also appeared in the series
As The Bell Rings (as Charlotte Adams) and starred in Sonny With a Chance (as Sonny Monroe).
Lovato's debut album Don't Forget was released on Disney's Hollywood Records in 2008. In 2013 Lovato performed the single version of "Let It Go" for the animated feature film Frozen.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast is widely released in theaters in Hong Kong.
1917:
Roy O. Disney (one of Walt's older brothers) begins his naval training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, located north of Chicago, Illinois.
(He had enlised in the Navy back on June 22.)
AUGUST 20
THIS DAY
MADE IN
THE USA
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2004:
The annual 3-day Winnie's Hometown Festival kicks off in White River, Ontario.
The theme of this year's festival is "Winnie Goes Hawaiian."
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Play It! ends its run at Disney California Adventure. Opened since September 2001, the attraction was a modified version of the Who Wants to
Be a Millionaire ABC television game show.
2009:
Variety reports that director Robert Zemeckis is in talks with Disney for a remake of
the 1968 animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine. Zemeckis plans to make the new Yellow
Submarine in the same cutting-edge 3-D process he has used for other films like The Polar Express and his
upcoming version of A Christmas Carol. (The project will later be canceled.)
1929:
Stuntman Wayne "Buddy" Van Horn is born. He was hired as Guy Williams' double in the days
when the Zorro cast did live performances at Disneyland. Although Williams was athletic and capable of doing much
of the stunts - had he been accidentally injured it would have delayed shooting and been a costly postponement.
"I wore color-coordinated dresses, high heels and gloves to work. Girls didn't wear slacks back then, although I carried a pair in a little sack, just in case I had to climb into high places." -Harriet Burns
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Trader Mickey released
Harriet Burns born
2011:
Day 2 of D23 Expo 2011 takes place at the Anaheim Convention
Center with a soldout crowd. This day's 15-plus events include:
-D23 Expo Talent Round-Up with Disney artist Mike Clitherow
-Cast and Crew of Phineas and Ferb featuring Dan Povenmire, Swampy Marsh, Vincent
Martella, Alyson Stoner, and Dee Bradley Baker
-A Good Look At Buena Vista Street featuring a sneak peek at the new entrance to Disney California Adventure
with Imagineers
-Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence of the ABC Family hit Melissa & Joey meet and greet fans
-D23 Expo Live Auction where fans can bid on unique experiences, tours, artwork, props, and one-of-a-kind
Disney treasures, closes the evening
August 20
This Day in Disney History - THE FIRST - THE ORIGINAL
Traveling in time since 1999!
2017:
Disneyland's revived Main Street Electrical Parade runs for the last time as does
Pixar Play Parade at Disney California Adventure.
2010:
The Switch, a romantic comedy film directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, is released. The last Miramax film to be distributed by Disney before being sold to Filmyard Holdings (on December 3, 2010), it stars Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman and child actor Thomas Robinson. Patrick Wilson, Juliette Lewis, and Jeff Goldblum appear in key supporting roles. Seven years after the fact, a man comes to the realization that he was the sperm donor for his best friend's son.
1982:
Actress Meghan Ory is born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She is best known for her role as Red Riding Hood/Ruby on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time.
1954:
Weather forecaster, journalist, television personality, actor, and author Al Roker is born Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. in Queens, New York. Roker voiced a caricature of himself in two episodes of the animated Disney Channel series The Proud Family.
2012:
Actress, comedienne, and pianist Phyllis Diller, best known for her eccentric stage persona, her self-deprecating humor, her wild hair and clothes, and her exaggerated, cackling laugh, passes away at age 95 in Los Angeles, California. She supplied the voice for Queen in Pixar's 1998 animated "A Bug's Life." Diller made countless TV appearances on many shows including "Mouse Factory," "The Muppet Show," the TV special "Christmas at Walt Disney World," ABC's "Full House," NBC's "Blossom," ABC's "Boy Meets World," and ABC's "The Drew Carey Show." Born Phyllis Ada Driver in 1917, Diller was one of the first female comics to become a household name in the U.S., credited as an influence by Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, Ellen DeGeneres, and Lily Tomlin.
1979:
Jazz-pop singer/songwriter/pianist Jamie Cullum is born in Essex, England. He sang two songs on the Meet the Robinsons soundtrack: "Where Is Your Heart At?" (written by Rufus Wainwright) & "Give Me the Simple Life" (a 1945 song written by Rube Bloom and Harry Ruby). Cullum also recorded a version of "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" (from The Aristocats) for the 2016 album "Jazz Loves Disney."
1952:
Animator & character designer Dan Haskett is born in New York City. His Disney credits include
Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons, The Brave Little Toaster, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story,
The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True, 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure, Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie, and The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning.
2013:
Walt Disney Records releases the official albums for both Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
1965:
The Woody Herman Orchestra begin an 8-day engagement at Disneyland as part of the Disneyland After Dark Entertainment schedule. Led by jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and singer Woody Herman, the band's recordings have received numerous Grammy nominations.
