1892 - Comic & character actor Don Barclay, the voice of the Doorman in Disney's 1950 animated classic Cinderella, is born in Ashland, Oregon. (Although some sources show his birth date to be December 26, 1892.) Barclay's vast Disney credits include Mary Poppins, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Peter Pan, and Alice in Wonderland.

1928 - Disney's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit black & white silent short Bright Lights is released.

1928 - Actor Patrick McGoohan, the voice of Billy Bones in Disney's 2002 animated feature Treasure Planet, is born in Astoria, New York. He also starred in the Disneyland 3-part "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh" as Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow. (Though born in America, McGoohan rose to become the number-one British TV star in the 1950s & 1960s in such programs as "Danger Man" and "The Prisoner.")

1941 - Lois Wilson is born in Ocala, Florida. She will go on to work for Disney World for 25 years as a wardrobe hostess at the Yacht and Beach Club Hotel and the Grand Floridian Resort.

1946 - Singer Ruth Pointer (of The Pointer Sisters) is born in East Oakland,California. She will go on to sing "Streets of Gold" for the 1988 Disney animated feature Oliver and Company.

1947 - Actress Glenn Close - the voice of Kala in Disney's Tarzan and Tarzan II - is born in Greenwich, Connecticut. She also played the role of Cruella de Vil in the 2000 live-action feature 102 Dalmatians.

1950 - Author Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan, passes away in Encino, California. (He had always hoped that one day Disney would produce an animated feature about his jungle hero.)

1953 - Disney's True-Life Adventure short Water Birds wins an Oscar (Short Subjects, Two-Reel) at the 1952 Academy Awards. Held at both the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood and the Century Theater in New York, it is the first Academy Awards ceremony to be televised on national television.

1958 - The Disneyland TV series airs "Magic and Music" - the show's 95th episode.

1959 - Disney, Oklahoma ("The Island City") is officially incorporated. The town is named for former Oklahoma Legislator Wesley E. Disney (who is of no relation to Walt Disney).


1959 - Walt Disney Productions releases The Shaggy Dog - the studio's first live-action comedy. The film centers around Wilby Daniels (played by Tommy Kirk), a teenage boy who is transformed into a sheep dog when he accidentally happens across a magical but cursed Borgia ring. Fred MacMurray (in his first of what will be 7 Disney films) plays Wilby's father Wilson Daniels. Also appearing are such familiar "Disney teens" as Annette Funicello, Tim Considine, and Kevin Corcoran. Veteran Disney voice actor Paul Frees has a rare on-screen appearance in the film as well!

1961 - The TV series Walt Disney Presents airs "Daniel Boone: The Promised Land." It is the concluding episode of a 4-part mini-series.

1965 - Actor Billy "Pop" Attmore, a member of the 70s TV series The New Mouseketeers, is born in Landstuhl, Germany.

1995 - The Penny Arcade, the Main Street Bookstore, and the House of Magic (all located on Main Street USA in Walt Disney World) close. The space will become part of the Main Street Athletic Company.

1999 - Elton John appears on TV's The Rosie O'Donnell Show, promoting Disney's stage musical Aida, for which he has written the music.

1999 - The Disney/Jumbo Pictures animated release Doug's 1st Movie has its premiere.

2001 - Barbra Streisand, backed by a symphony orchestra, records "Some Day My Prince Will Come," for Buena Vista Home Entertainment's DVD edition of the 1937 Disney classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

2002 - Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame II is released to video and DVD.

2004 - The Disney Channel Original Movie Going to the Mat premieres.

2005 - West Coast Singers presents "The Beauty of Broadway: An Evening With Susan Egan and the West Coast Singers," a benefit concert for the chorus which includes a silent auction. The event takes place at the Barnsdall Art Park in Hollywood. (Egan's Disney credits include Hercules, Lady and the Tramp II, the Disney Channel's Gotta Kick It Up and Broadway's Beauty and the Beast.)

2005 - Disneyland Resort Paris kicks off the special season event "Disney's Easter Festival".

2005 - After nearly a year of refurbishment, the Fantasyland attraction It's A Small World reopens in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. The aging attraction received a new sound system, paint, lighting, costumes for the dolls, and queue configuration.

2005 - For the second consecutive year, Raven wins an NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Performance in the Youth/Children's Program category for her starring role on Disney Channel's That's So Raven.

2005 - Seventy-five statues of Mickey Mouse (created to celebrate Mickey's 75th birthday) are unveiled at the Woodrow Wilson Plaza in front of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The Washington, D.C. exhibition is the only place, outside of Disneyland and Walt Disney World, where all 75 statues will be exhibited together.

2006 - The Genesis Awards are handed out at the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The Higglytown Heroes episode "Kip's Shadow" wins for Best Children's Programming.

2007 - The trailer for Pirates 3: At World's End debuts to the general public during ABC-TV's Dancing with the Stars.

2008 - The 15th International Flower & Garden Festival kicks off at Epcot. This year's event has been expanded to 75 days.

2008 - After more than a year of negotiations, Disney Cruise Line and Port Canaveral strike a deal that will keep Disney ships sailing out of Brevard County, Florida for the next 15 years.

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