1908 - Writer Milt Banta is born in London, England. His Disney work will include the features Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, and TV's Wonderful World of Disney.

1933 - Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon The Pied Piper is released.

1955 - Disneyland's Canal Boats of the World attraction closes after 2 months of operation. It will be revamped and renamed Storyland Canal Boats.

1958 - Actress Jennifer Tilly, the voice of Celia in Disney's 2001 Monsters, Inc. and Madame Leota in Disney's 2003 live-action The Haunted Mansion, is born in Harbor City, California.

1963 - Composer-conductor Oliver Wallace passes away in Los Angeles, California. His work at the Walt Disney Studio included Dumbo (for which he won an Oscar for Best Score in 1941 along with composer Frank Churchill), Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and Lady and the Tramp.

1963 - Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Richard Marx is born in Winnetka, Illinois. His song "Remember When" (performed by LeAnn Rimes) was composed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Disneyland. Disney's 2006 Bambi II features his song "Through Your Eyes."

1979 - Disney's Wonderful World airs part 2 of "The Absent-Minded Professor."

1984 - The Restaurant el Marrakesh opens in the Morocco Pavilion at EPCOT.

1986 - Sabrina Bryan, a member of Disney's The Cheetah Girls, is born Reba Sabrina Hinojos in Yorba Linda, California.

1992 - Nicholas Jerry "Nick" Jonas, the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers, is born in Dallas, Texas. At the age of 6 he will be discovered while singing at a barber shop and be referred to a professional show business manager. The following year, Jonas will begin performing on Broadway - which in 2002 will include a stint as Chip in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

1993 - The Disneyana Convention 1993 kicks off for 4 days at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California.

1997 - Walt Disney Records reissues the soundtrack to the animated feature The Jungle Book. The compact disc includes a recorded interview with the Sherman Brothers, demo material, and two rare songs from the original 1969 record album. A young Walt Disney and his family lived in Marceline, Missouri from 1906-1911.

1997 - Also reissued on this day is the soundtrack to the animated feature Dumbo. This disc features an instrumental version of "Spread Your Wings" performed by composer Oliver Wallace (who wrote a majority of the film's music).

2001 - "Walt: The Man Behind the Myth," a TV special about Walt Disney, airs as part of The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC. Narrated by Dick Van Dyke, the 2-hour show features interviews with some of the people who knew Walt best.

2005 - Marceline, Missouri, boyhood home of Walt Disney, begin their 2-day Walt Disney's Hometown Toonfest event.

2006 - Disney World's Cinderellabration gives its final performance.

2006 - "Handy Manny," a new animated series for preschoolers, debuts on Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney. Actor Wilmer Valderrama (best known from the hit series That 70's Show) stars in the title role of Manny Garcia, a cheerful handyman.

2006 - The 8th Annual Walt Disney's Hometown Toonfest takes place in Marceline, Missouri.

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