1902 - Songwriter Hall of Famer Al Hoffman is born in Minsk, Russia. (At age 6, he and his family will move to Seattle, Washington.) Along with Mack David and Jerry Livingston, Hoffman will write such classic Disney tunes as "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" and "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" for Cinderella. (Among his non-Disney hit songs: "Hot Diggity," "Papa Loves Mambo," and "Mairzy Doats.")

1931 - Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Fishin' Around is released.

1944 - Actor Michael Douglas, who portrays Danny in the 1972 live-action Napoleon and Samantha, is born New Brunswick, New Jersey.

1946 - According to The Hollywood Reporter, many recording artists (such as Dinah Shore, the Merry Macs, Woody Herman, and the Modernaires) have already released versions of Song of the South's music even before the film's premiere (which is scheduled for November).

1953 - Marvin Davis (future Disney Legend) completes his second-generation "hub" layout of the proposed Disneyland. He will continue to work closely with Walt Disney in designing and laying-out virtually every aspect of the park's conceptualization and architecture.

1956 - Inventor, scientist, author and engineer W. Daniel Hillis is born in Baltimore, Maryland. He will go on to work for a short time as vice president of Walt Disney Imagineering before starting his own company Apple Minds, Inc. At Disney, he will develop new technologies and business strategies for Disney's theme parks, television, motion pictures, Internet and consumer products businesses. Hillis will also design new theme park rides, a full sized walking robot dinosaur and various micro mechanical devices.

1957 - The Disneyland television series airs "Adventure in Wildwood Heart."

1959 - ABC-TV's Walt Disney Presents airs the episode "Tomorrow the Moon."

1960 - The Walt Disney Presents TV series airs for the first time on a Sunday evening with the episode "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race." (The Disney series had previously aired on Fridays and as the former Disneyland on Wednesdays.)

1963 - Actor Tate Donovan, the voice of Disney's Hercules, is born in New Jersey. (Fans of The O.C. will remember him as Jimmy Cooper.)

1963 - Beach Party, starring original Mouseketeer Annette Funicello and teen idol Frankie Avalon, debuts. The film is the first of several such frothy beach films the popular duo will star in.

1966 - Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color airs the episode "The Legend of El Blanco" on NBC.

1977 - The Wonderful World of Disney airs the 2-hour episode "King of the Grizzlies" on NBC.

1982 - The CBS television series Walt Disney airs part 1 of "The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again."

2001 - Disney's touring production of Aida opens in Dallas, Texas. (The show will run through October 20th.)

2004 - In preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Jeanne - which is expected to come ashore late in the evening or early the following day - Walt Disney World closes its theme parks at 7 pm.

2005 - Disney Channel debuts "The Fall," the second episode of the new series Life With Derek.

2007 - High School Musical on Tour, a new stage version of the hit Disney Channel movie, begins a series of performances at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, New York.

2007 - The Haunted Halloween at Hong Kong Disneyland kicks off with over ten mysterious attractions and entertainment offerings filled with ghostly encounters! (The special event will run through the end of October.)

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