1924 - Oscar-winning actress Geraldine Page, the voice of Madame Medusa in Disney's 1977 animated release The Rescuers, is born in Kirksville, Missouri. She also appears in the 1967 live-action feature The Happiest Millionaire as Mrs. Duke.

1952 - Disney animator Fred Moore (who is in the midst of working on Peter Pan) and his second wife Virginia are involved in an auto accident in Los Angeles. They are both injured after their car is broadside while making a U-turn. (Sadly, Fred will pass away the following day.)

1955 - The Mickey Mouse Club airs on ABC-TV. Today is Guest Star Day.

1958 - Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, the star of Disney's 2003 Freaky Friday, is born in Los Angeles, California.

1963 - Walt Disney and a group of associates fly over the coast of Florida aboard a Grumman Gulfstream I (Disney's private corporate plane). The aerial view confirms Walt's doubts about building a theme park by the ocean. They fly inland over Orlando, circling the forests and swamps for the very first time. From the air they see the good road network below (which includes Interstate 4, Florida's Turnpike and McCoy Air Force Base - soon to be Orlando International Airport). Walt has a good feeling about this site. This is followed with a stop in New Orleans to refuel for the trip back to Burbank, California. It is during the stop in New Orleans that they learn of U.S. President Kennedy's assassination in Texas, just hours before.

1963 - C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, passes away one week before his 65th birthday.

1972 - The TV special The Julie Andrews Hour: Disneyland airs.

1974 - The Lake Buena Vista Golf Club opens at Walt Disney World. Located near what will be the Downtown Disney shopping and entertainment district, the course will earn a 4 star rating from Golf Digest.

1985 - Disney's live-action feature One Magic Christmas, starring Mary Steenburgen and Harry Dean Stanton, is released.

1989 - The Swan Hotel, located on Walt Disney World property but operated by Westin Hotels, opens at 1200 Epcot Resorts Blvd.

1991 - The 30th Disney animated feature film, Beauty and the Beast - featuring the voices of Robby Benson as the Beast and Paige O'Hara as Belle - is generally released in theaters in the U.S. & Canada. (The film's music will win 2 Academy Awards and 4 Grammy Awards.)

1992 - Disney Legend & character actor Sterling Holloway, the first voice of Winnie the Pooh, passes away in Los Angeles, California. His voice can be heard in such Disney classics as The Aristocats, The Jungle Book, and Alice in Wonderland. (Holloway also voiced the original Cheerios Honey-Nut Bee!)

1995 - The Disney/Pixar computer animated feature film Toy Story - starring Tom Hanks as the voice of Woody and Tim Allen as the voice of Buzz Lightyear - is released. The film is shown at Disney's El Capitan Theater in Hollywood as part of "Totally Toy Story." Moviegoers can attend the Toy Story Funhouse adjacent to the theater through the first of the new year. The Toy Story Funhouse includes such activities as playing with a giant Lite-Brite and having your photo taken with Buzz and Woody. (The Toy Story Funhouse will eventually re-locate to Disneyland.) Released along with Toy Story is Pixar's Academy Award-winning short Tin Toy, directed by John Lasseter. (In 2003, Tin Toy will be selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

1999 - Bob Hope appears at Disneyland to inaugurate a new tradition, the first official lighting of the holiday lights at the park.

2000 - Disney's live-action feature 102 Dalmatians is released. Starring Glenn Close as the villainous Cruella DeVil, it is a sequel to the 1996 101 Dalmatians (a live-action remake of the 1961 animated feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians).

2001 - Thanksgiving Day - Disney World's A Christmas Fantasy Parade rolls out.

2001 - Starting today (and running through January 6, 2002) Christmas decorations and entertainment brighten the Disneyland Hotel, Disney's Paradise Pier hotel and Disney's Grand Californian hotel. This includes visits from Santa Claus as well as strolling carolers in Victorian dress to spreading holiday cheer and singing favorite Yuletide tunes.

2001 - The characters from Disney/Pixar's new movie Monsters, Inc. appear in Philadelphia's 82nd Thanksgiving Day Parade. Also on hand are Mickey Mouse, Minnie and the whole Disney family with a spectacular sneak peek at Walt Disney World's 100 Years of Magic celebration. Plus, Channel 6's Karen Rogers broadcast live from Walt Disney World, with the magical holiday celebration in Orlando.

2001 - "The Power of BLAST!" (featuring the original cast from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, "BLAST!") opens in Disney's California Adventure. The brass-and-percussion spectacle will be performed inside the Hyperion Theater several times a day for park guests.

2002 - Disney underwrites one hundred percent of the cost for this year's annual Toys for Tots National Kickoff Luncheon for the organization's corporate sponsors and military supporters, in Washington, D.C. (Disney has been a Toys for Tots supporter since 1947.)

2002 - The Lizzie McGuire episode "She Said, He Said, She Said" debuts on Disney Channel.

2003 - The Disney Studios in Burbank, California host the 2003 Disney Holiday Magical Faire (which features handcrafted items and a rare opportunity to visit portions of the Disney Studios).

2003 - The Wonderful World of Disney airs the television movie "Eloise at Christmastime," starring Julie Andrews.

2004 - It is reported that Hong Kong Disneyland will open September 12, 2005.

2007 - Happy Thanksgiving! - The Broadway cast of Disney's Mary Poppins performs "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" live at the 81st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Also performing are Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, and Jonas Brothers.

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