1930:
Neil Armstrong, the first human to step foot on the moon, is born in
Wapakoneta, Ohio. In July 2005 he will take part in the re-opening of Disneyland's Space
Mountain. An astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator -
Armstrong flew aboard Gemini 8 in 1966 and Apollo 11 in 1969.
2004:
The Disney Dream Desk PC (a complete personal computer designed for kids) is unveiled at New York's American Museum of Natural History.
1967:
Disneyland's attraction Adventure Thru Inner Space opens on this day in
Tomorrowland (ironically in the space once used for the 20,000 Leagues
Under The Sea Exhibit). Guests are transported through a microscope where they are
shrunken down and sent off to explore the inside of an atom. Featuring the voice of Paul Frees &
the song "Miracles from Molecules" written by the Sherman Brothers, it is the first to use the
OmniMover system - called Atomobiles - to transport guests.
1981:
At Walt Disney World, site work begins on Horizons, an attraction in the
not yet open EPCOT Center. (Actual construction will begin in January
1982 and the attraction and EPCOT will open in October 1982.)
1997:
Disney's Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin is released direct-to-video. This movie marks the last time Paul Winchell voices the character of Tigger. (It will be nominated for 5 Annie Awards the following year.)
Hollywood Records releases Air Bud, an original Walt Disney Pictures soundtrack album.
1999:
Production begins on Disney's newest animated feature
Lilo and Stitch. (The film will be released in 2002.)
1992:
Walt Disney World welcomes its 400-millionth guest - Brandon Adams!
Walt Disney World begins to decorate for Christmas
around November 15th ...
so the property will be
ready in time for the Thanksgiving holiday!
2007:
The music video for Aly & AJ's single "Potential Breakup Song" premieres on Disney Channel the same day the song reaches number one on Radio Disney's
Top 30 Countdown.
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1971:
Walt Disney Productions releases The Aristocats (the twentieth
animated feature in the Disney animated features canon) in Australia.
1987:
Disney's Touchstone Pictures releases the adventure feature Stakeout. Directed by
John Badham, the film features Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as Seattle detectives assigned to the night
shift on a stake-out.
In 2008, Disney World converted
430,000 incandescent holiday
lights to LEDs, saving an estimated
1.1 million kilowatt hours
throughout the holiday season,
which is enough to power 61
homes annually!
Neil Armstrong born
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"Your attention please: This is the tracking procedure of an adventure through inner space. Adventurous men of science who have made this journey before you are carefully plotting every
phase of this incredible journey as you shrink beyond the smallness of an atom: the smallest
building block of matter. We wish you an enlightening experience. For though your body
will shrink, your mind will expand."
-Paul Frees (narrator of Adventure Thru Inner Space)
1955:
The 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Exhibit opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. The walk-through exhibit features props and set pieces from the 1954 blockbuster release 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Guests can view the exterior of the Nautilus, Professor Aronnax's cabin, the pump room, the chart room, the diving chamber, the wheelhouse and the famous organ (which will later reside in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ballroom). The exhibit will remain open until August 28, 1966 & ultimately be replaced with Star Tours.
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Adventure Thru Inner Space opens
