1899:
Writer & actress P.L. Travers (Pamela Lyndon Travers), the author of "Mary Poppins," is born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. A great admirer of J.M. Barrie, the writer most famous for authoring "Peter Pan," Travers' "Mary Poppins" bears many structural resemblances to his story.
1919:
Zorro first appears in an edition of the popular pulp magazine "All Story Weekly." It is created by Johnstom McCulley, a former police reporter and author of numerous pulp fiction stories. In the late 1950s, Disney will turn Zorro into a succesful TV series.
1934:
Walt Disney presents his animators with an outline of what will be his first full-
length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Included in the outline is a list of
potential names and personality descriptions for the dwarfs. Walt recommends actor Sterling Holloway for the
voice of Sleepy. (Though Holloway will not play the role - Pinto Colvig will - Holloway will later voice many
Disney characters including Winnie the Pooh.)
1946:
Disney's Donald Duck cartoon Wet Paint, featuring the voice of Clarence Nash, is released. It is written by Roy Williams who will go on to appear in TV's The Mickey Mouse Club as Roy the Big Mooseketeer.
1955:
At Disneyland, the Aunt Jemima Pancake House opens in Frontierland.
1968:
Actor Eric Bana, the voice of Anchor in the 2003 Finding Nemo, is born in Australia.
1969:
The Haunted Mansion attraction opens in New Orleans Square
at Disneyland. The grand opening of the attraction is heralded by a promotional blitz
that include the "I Scream" Sundaes sold at Disneyland's Carnation Plaza. Madame Leota,
the medium in the séance room and the tiny talking figure at the end of the ride, is modeled
after Imagineer Leota Toombs (also known as Leota Thomas).
2001:
Walt Disney World hosts its first ever "Pins Around Our World" festival in the former Millennium Village building at the Epcot World Showcase (between the Canada and United Kingdom pavilions). The 4-day event features Disney artists who created the colorful collectibles and the release of more than 30 new limited-edition pins.
2002:
The Lizzie McGuire episode "Just Like Lizzie" debuts on the Disney Channel.
2004:
It's a moist day for some Disney World guests when a water main on the 12th floor of the Contemporary Resort breaks! The water cascades from the 12th floor down to the 5th floor around 7pm. Hundreds of guests are evacuated and given the option of staying somewhere else.
Disneyland's Haunted Mansion celebrates its
35th birthday with a special scavenger hunt.
Donald Duck receives a Star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame at 10:30 a.m. in front of the Disney
Store/El Capitan Theatre at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard.
2005:
Disney releases The Muppet Show Season 1
and The Muppets' Wizard of Oz on DVD.
"Castle Thunder" - a thunderclap originally recorded for the 1931 film Frankenstein, has been featured in countless movies & TV shows. The famous sound effect can also be heard every day at Disneyland and Walt Disney World ... in the Haunted Mansion!
Haunted Mansion
2007:
Disney World announces that beginning January 2008,
Disney-MGM Studios will be known as Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Disneyland's Haunted Mansion turns 38 spooky years young!
1940:
Disney's Donald Duck short Donald's Vacation is released. Donald decides to vacation in the great outdoors ... but nature is less than co-operative!
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1985:
My Science Project, Disney's fourth feature under its Touchstone Pictures label, is
released. The comedy-adventure-science fiction film stars John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Fisher
Stevens, and Dennis Hopper.
When the crypt goes creak,
And the tombstones quake.
Spooks come out for a swinging wake.
Happy haunts materialize,
And begin to vocalize.
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize!
-Grim Grinning Ghosts lyrics by F. Xavier Atencio
2009:
Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary Merchandise Event takes place at
Disneyland. The sold-out event includes admission into Disney’s California Adventure after 6:30 PM &
Disneyland after 9 PM, a Haunted Mansion seminar, a wedding "Feast or Famine" dinner, and of course a
ride through the Haunted Mansion!
A family from Santa Clarita, California spend the night in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion on the attraction's 40th anniversary!
"Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion! I am your host, your ghost host. Kindly
step all the way in please and make room for everyone. There's no turning back now."
Donald Duck receives Hollywood Star
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