1927 - Disney's Oswald, the Lucky Rabbit short Empty Socks is released. This silent black & white animated piece is the first ever Disney Christmas themed short.

1937 - Disney's Silly Symphonies newspaper features the first glimpse of the work put into Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1941 - Disney's animated commercial Seven Wise Dwarfs is released. The short is made for the National Film Board of Canada to promote the purchase of Canadian war bonds.

1949 - Actor Bill Nighy - Davy Jones in the Disney feature Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - is born in Surrey, England.

1950 - Actress/singer Darleen Carr, the voice of Shanti - who sings "My Own Home (The Jungle Book Theme)" in Disney's 1967 The Jungle Book, is born in Chicago, Illinois. (She also dubbed the childrens singing voices for the 1965 classic Sound of Music.)

1952 - Disney's Goofy short How to be a Detective is released.

1955 - The Mickey Mouse Club airs on ABC-TV. Today is Fun With Music Day.

1956 - The Disneyland television series airs episode 59 - "Pluto's Day."

1958 - The television series Walt Disney Presents airs "El***o Baca: Law and Order, Incorporated" (the 4th episode about a gunslinger-turned-lawyer played by Robert Loggia).

1964 - Actor Burke Moses - who originated the role of Gaston in Disney's Beauty and the Beast in 1994 on Broadway, and also in the Los Angeles and London's West End production in 1997 - is born in New York City.

2000 - The Disneyland Pacific Hotel re-opens as Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel. The 502-room hotel has been brightly painted and decorated to reflect the new beachfront theme, and offers hotel guests a private entrance into Paradise Pier and the rest of the new Disney's California Adventure theme park.

2000 - Disney's direct-to-video Air Bud World Pup is released.

2005 - It is reported that The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe topped the British box office with the biggest-ever opening weekend receipts for a Disney film.

2005 - Radio Disney officially premieres "Five More Days 'Til Christmas" a single by The Cheetah Girls off their current holiday album Cheetah-Licious Christmas.

2006 - Emmy Award-winning actor Peter Boyle passes away at a New York City hospital. Best known as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, Boyle had a role in all three of Disney's The Santa Clause films. In The Santa Clause, he plays Scott Calvin's boss. In The Santa Clause 2 and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, he plays Father Time. (Movie fans will remember him as the monster in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy classic Young Frankenstein.)

2006 - The International Press Academy announces its official nominations for the 11th Annual SATELLITE Awards (honoring film television, DVD, and new media). Among those nominated is the Disney/Pixar feature Cars for best motion picture, animated or mixed media.

2006 - Air Buddies is released direct-to-DVD as is the animated sequel The Fox and the Hound 2.

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