The Official: This Day in Disney History Thread!

[WeatherbySwann]

1937- "Don Donald" a short is released With Donald and Donna later re named Daisy

1977- Super Bowl XI half time Show preformed by Disney.

Well I couldn't find the 1977 number, but I did find the 1987 Super Bowl Disney performance! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1JIinUZSRA

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1987- Grand Opening of Star Tours at DIsneyland

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1930- First Mickey Mouse Comic Strip!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1990- Star TOurs opens at MGM

 

[ursula28]

Love your thread. Any chance you can give me a Jan 14 one asap. My dd11 has the weather & news for the week of Jan 14 in school. She'd love to add a "this day in Disney History" to her presentation every morning. Thanks!!

 

[captinhookedondisney]

Love your thread. Any chance you can give me a Jan 14 one asap. My dd11 has the weather & news for the week of Jan 14 in school. She'd love to add a "this day in Disney History" to her presentation every morning. Thanks!!

OH my Gosh i am supercalifragilisticexpialidocious sorry I don't have word to express them. I had a horrible week and didn't have time to do any thing.

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1975- Space Mountain and The Carousel of Progress open at the MK.

1979- Consturction for BTMRR begins at MK

1986-The Living Seas GRand Openng at EPCOT

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1970- The Walt Disneyworld PReview Center is open to the public

1994-Inaugural WDW Marathon begins at 6 AM in the EPCOT PARKING LOT.

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1985- Magic Journeys opens at tokyo DISNEYLAND park

1997- First NASCAR race held at the WDW speedway.

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1963- Son of Flubber is released,

19740- "Superdad" has general release

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1935-"Mickey's Man Friday" a short is released (one of Mickey's Last Black and White Cartoons

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1963 -First part of "johnny Shiloh" airs on TV

1989-The WD Co. participates in The Presidential inaugural PArade for George Bush in Washington DC

 

[WeatherbySwann]

2006 - "High School Musical" premieres on Disney Channel and goes on to be a worldwide phenomenon.

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1960-Toby Tiger, or ten weeks with a circus" is released

1977-"Freaky Friday" is released (ORIGINAL VERSION)

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1984-Disney's Half Time Show for super bowl XVII in Tampa, FL

 

[WeatherbySwann]

2007 - New articulated character heads are used for the first time in WDW in the MK stage show "Dream Along with Mickey", and allow the characters to move their mouths and blink their eyes, making them much more expressive and more believable. Also in the show, Captain Hook and Mr. Smee are reverted to "face" characters.

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1928-"Neck'n'Neck" an oswald Short is released

1999- Grand Opening of Cirque di Sole at DTDWS

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1941-"Pluto's Playmates" is released

 

[captinhookedondisney]

1941-"Pluto's Playmates" is released

 

[WeatherbySwann]

2007 - A press event is held at Magic Kingdom @ WDW to officially kick off the Year of a Million Dreams celebration and award the first-ever stay to a lucky family in the Cinderella Castle Suite. Also, The Seas with Nemo and Friends at Epcot officially opens, as does the Wish Lounge at MK and Finding Nemo: The Musical at DAK.

 

[tiggerfan1]

1961- 101 Dalmations, Disney's 17th animated feature film, premieres. It is the first Disney feature to solely use the Xerox process for transferring the animators' drawings to cels. Prior to this, each one of the animators' drawings had to be hand-traced in ink onto a cel.

1993- Toontown holds its official grand opening festivities at Disneyland. Some of the celebrities who take part in the special events and appear in the parade are Robin Williams, Danny DeVito, Sally Fields and Tom Selleck.

1998- At Super Bowl XXXII, Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway declares, "I'm going to Disneyland!" after his team defeats the Green Bay Packers, 31-24.

2007- Jim and Lisa Fouch and their children, Brad and Hannah, make history as the first WDW guests to win a night's stay in Cinderella's Castle.