1860 - Novelist James M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, is born in Kirriemuir, Scotland. His famous character first appeared in The Little White Bird a novel for adults published in 1902. Barrie's book attained prominence and longevity due to several chapters written about the character and mythology of Peter Pan. Those chapters were later published separately as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens as a children's book. Barries' 1911 novel Peter and Wendy was first produced as a successful stageplay in 1904 under the title Peter Pan: or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.

1929 - Disney's Mickey Mouse short The Plow Boy is released. It features the first appearance of Horace Horsecollar.

1941 - Disney's Donald Duck cartoon A Good Time for a Dime is released.

1947 - The Donald Duck cartoon Sleepy Time Donald is released.

1949 - Singer-songwriter and piano-man Billy Joel, the voice of Dodger in Disney's 1988 Oliver & Company, is born in New York City (he will be raised on Long Island).

1953 - Disney's Goofy cartoon For Whom the Bulls Toil is released.

1954 - Walt Disney's daughter Diane marries USC football player Ron Miller at the All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church in Montecito, California. The "football" ceremony features a minister who was a former player & coach, and a five-tier cake topped with female and male football players. (Diane and Ron will have seven children.)

1956 - Actress Wendy Crewson - Laura Miller in all 3 Santa Clause live-action features - is born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

1981 - Legendary Disneyland entertainer Wally Boag guest stars on episode 116 of TV's The Muppet Show. In honor of Boag, the Muppets salute vaudeville with a balloon animal act, bagpipes, and a hypnotist!

1989 - The Disney Channel airs episode 12 of MMC. Today is Guest Day!

2002 - The 8th annual Jiminy Cricket Environmentality Challenge Award Presentation is held at Disney's California Adventure. Vice Chairman Roy E. Disney is on hand for the festivities.

2005 - Roy E. Disney (Walt's nephew) and Stanley P. Gold file suit in Delaware Chancery Court against The Walt Disney Company and certain members of the Board of Directors of the Company alleging that the Board made false statements to the company's shareholders about its CEO search in order to induce shareholders to vote for the incumbent Board at the 2005 meeting.

2006 - Actor Jacob Young debuts as Lumiere in Disney's stage musical Beauty and the Beast. Young, who plays the role of JR Chandler on the ABC soap opera All My Children, will appear as Lumiere for a 10-week run.

2007 - The Broadway musical Mary Poppins performs show number 200 at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City. A co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, the show first opened November 16, 2006.

2008 - The Cincinnati Pops finish the season with 80 years of Disney favorites in "The Magical Music of Disney." Singers and dancers from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Winton Woods and Lakota East high schools and the School for Creative & Performing Arts join conductor Erich Kunzel and the Pops for two nights of performances. CCM grad Ashley Brown, star of Broadway's "Mary Poppins," is featured along with tenor Steven Morgan and baritone Michael Lowe.

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