The Official: This Day in Disney History Thread!

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1961- "one Hundred and One Dalmatians" is released.!!!!!!

 

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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.

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1955-"Davy Crocket Goes to Congress" is released on Disneyland The T.V. Series

1972-"The Mouse Factory" debuts on T.V.

 

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2006 - "The Emperor's New School" animated series premieres on Disney Channel.

 

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1996-Inaugural race of Indy 200 at WDW

 

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1932-" The Duck Hunt " a Mickey Short is released

1944-"How To be a sailor" a Goofy Short is released

 

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1941- Disney's 3rd feature film, Fantasia, has its Hollywood premiere.

1959- Disney's 16th feature film, Sleeping Beauty, premieres at the Fox Wilshire theater in Los Angeles.

1987- Snow White and the 7 dwarves parade onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in celebration of Disney's highest-ever first quarter revenues.

1995- At Super Bowl XXIX, Jerry Rice and Steve Young of the San Francisco 49ers shout, "We're going to Disney World!" after their team defeats the San Diego Chargers, 49-26.

2002- Ten former major league baseball players participate in the Atlanta Braves' Dream Week Fantasy Camp at Disney's Wide World of Sports in Florida.

 

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1959-"Sleeping Beauty" is released
1996-"The Lion King" named favorite soundtrack at american Music Awards

 

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1959-"The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" airs on T.V. (First T.V. show in simulcast stereo)

1988-IllumiNations debuts at Epcot

 

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1986-"Down and Out in Beverly HIll's" is released

 

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1925-"Alice Gets Stung" a Short is released

2000-"Tarzan" is released on video and DVD for the First time!

 

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2005 - Mulan II is released on DVD.

 

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1922- A young Walt Disney begins work at his own cartoon company called Laugh-O-Gram Films, Inc. in Kansas City, MO. He will produce animated versions of 6 fairy tales, each lasting just one minute.

1955- The Disneyland television series presents "The Wind in the Willows", featuring Mr. Toad.

1967- Roy Disney outlines his late brother's plan to build the world's first futuristic metropolis, or EPCOT, when Disney Productions announces that it will build the world's first glass-domed city in central Florida.

1994- Disney announces that it will buy and restore the New Amsterdam Theater on 42nd Street in New York City.

 

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1967-Roy O Disney Presents specific Plans for WDW

1986-"the Disney Sunday Movie"debuts on ABC

1992-Disney's Dixie landings Resorts opens At WDW

 

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1945-"The Three Caballeros" has it's U.S. Release

1988-First Filming at MGM(Now DHS) begins w/ "Splash,Too"for the "Disney Sunday Night Movie" on ABC

 

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1966-"Winnie The Pooh and The Honey Tree" is released.

1966-"THe Ugly Dachshund" is released (Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette in their disney Debuts)

1987-Ground Breaking for Typhoon Lagoon.

 

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1953-Peter Pan Is
1996- Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe opens in Liberty Square at Mk

 

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1859- Elias Disney (alt's DAD) is born
1986-Walt Disney Productions is renamed Walt Disney Company.