1947 - Actor Richard Dreyfuss, the voice of the Centipede in Disney's 1996 James and the Giant Peach, is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1966 - Walt Disney receives the American Forestry Association award for "outstanding service in conservation in American resources."

1971 - A 90-minute NBC-TV special, The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World, shows the park to approximately 52 million people in the U.S. The celebrity-filled look at the new resort includes appearances by Julie Andrews, Glen Campbell, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, and Bob Hope.

1979 - Walt Disney World welcomes its 100-millionth guest!

1993 - Tim Burton's animated fantasy, The Nightmare Before Christmas, debuts in U.S. theaters. A Disney Claymation Animated Film, it features the voices of Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, and Paul Reubens. (The movie started as a poem Burton wrote while working as an animator at Disney in the ealy 1980s.)

1993 - The Disneyland Line (a publication for Disneyland Cast Members) features an article titled "The Tale of The Haunted Mansion." It recalls the history of the popular attraction.

1998 - Disney and Chevron announce a partnership to makeover one of Disneyland's original attractions, the Autopia. The updated attraction will feature a new queue, a new track and three new car styles. (It will be unveiled in February 2000.)

2001 - The Orlando Sentinel reports that the "Carousel of Progress is now shuttered. Although there isn't a 'closed' sign on the futuristic building, the attraction has been taken off Magic Kingdom guide maps and the daily bulletin board on Main Street."

2002 - Sherry Anderson replaces Mary Stout as Madame de la Grande Bouche in Disney's Beauty and the Beast Broadway show. (She starred as Madame in the national tour of the Disney classic.)

2002 - The Disneyland Resort and the City of Anaheim, California team up to celebrate the Anaheim Angels clinching the World Series. The festivities kick off at Disneyland at 10 a.m. with an Anaheim Angels Hometown Heroes Welcome Cavalcade down Main Street.

2002 - Pixar animator Glenn McQueen passes away at age 41. The supervising animator for A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, and Monsters, Inc., Pixar's next feature Finding Nemo will be dedicated to him. The main character in Cars, Lightning McQueen, will be named after him.

2007 - "Welcome: Portraits of America," a multimedia presentation created by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts debuts simultaneously at George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. The seven-minute presentation, aimed at welcoming international travelers to the United States, is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of State.

2007 - At the Lloyd Center mall in Portland, Oregon, John Lasseter and his Pixar crew hold a test-audience screening for their next release, Wall-E.

2007 - Members and friends of the longest running stage show in history the "Golden Horseshoe Revue," reunite at the Walt Disney Studios to honor Disney Legend Fulton Burley. Burley, an Irish tenor who for 25 years starred in Disneyland's "Golden Horseshoe Revue," had passed away last May.

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