1936 - Actor Jim McMullan, Lt. Powell in Disney's 1967 live-action feature The Happiest Millionaire, is born on Long Island in Long Beach, New York.

1938 - Supervising director David Hand holds a class on "Staging as Applied to Presentation of Story and Gag Ideas" at the Disney Studios on Hyperion Avenue.

1940 - Disney Legend Dave Smith, official Disney historian-author, archivist, and the ultimate authority on all things Disney, is born in Pasadena, California.

1955 - The Mickey Mouse Club airs on ABC-TV. Today is Circus Day.

1960 - Walt Disney returns to his boyhood home of Marceline, Missouri to help dedicate "Walt Disney Elementary," a new public school. Walt arrives for the dedication ceremony by train; the first time that the Santa Fe Super Chief has ever stopped in Marceline. He donates playground equipment to the new school, and a flagpole that had flown flags over the 1960 Winter Olympic ceremonies in Squaw Valley, California.

1962 - Actress Kelly Preston - Josie Jetsream in Disney's 2005 Sky High - is born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

1962 - Actress T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh - Tonya Baxter of Disney Channel's That's So Raven - is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1963 - The TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color airs "Fly With Von Drake."

1978 - It is announced that Mickey Mouse will be awarded a star on Hollywood Blvd's Walk of Fame next month in honor of his 50th birthday!

1993 - The Nightmare Before Christmas opens in New York City.

1997 - It is reported that Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida is taking a 2-year long sabbatical from feature length films to work on shorts, Fantasia 2000 and restoration of films like Beauty and the Beast.

1998 - The Disney World restaurant Key West Seafood closes. It will be replaced with Rainforest Cafe.

1999 - Disney Legend Van Arsdale France, who established the Disney University to train Disneyland Cast Members, passes at age 87 at a hospital in Newport Beach, California. He first joined Disney in March of 1955, and over the years, performed many roles at the park, including area manager of Tomorrowland, organizational chairman of the Disneyland Recreation Club, and coordinator of the first Disneyland Cast Member magazine - Backstage Disneyland. He spent more than a quarter-century developing training programs for what came to be called Disney University. After retiring in 1978, he was a consultant to Disney until his death.

2000 - The Disney Channel Original Movie Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire premieres.

2001 - Disney's House of Mouse debuts the episode "The Mouse Who Came to Dinner."

2006 - Walt Disney World Annual Passholders are invited to experience The Seas with Nemo & Friends, a brand new Epcot attraction.

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