1954:
Chris Miller, Walt Disney's grandson, is born in Monterey County, California.
1939:
The first Donald Duck Sunday page is published. Like the daily strips, the Sunday pages are written by Bob Karp and drawn by Al Taliaferro, and distributed by King Features. (An ambitious Taliaferro had flown to New York on his own to convince King Features to introduce a Donald Duck Sunday strip!)
2003:
Walt Disney World begins placing motion-sickness bags in the
capsules of their newest Epcot attraction, Mission:SPACE. It is the
first time Disney has put motion-sickness bags on any of its thrill rides.
1879:
Ernest Howard Shepard - who will bring A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and friends to life with his enchanting and captivating drawings - is born in St John's Wood, London, England (only a five-minute walk from the birthplace of Milne). Often referred to as E. H. Shepard, he will also be known for his human-like animal illustrations for The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Mary Shepard, his daughter, will become famous for her illustrations for P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins.
1903:
Author Mary Norton is born in London, England. Her novels The Magic Bed-Knob (her very first
book) published in 1943 and its 1947 sequel Bonfires and Broomsticks will be the basis for the 1971 Disney
live-action feature Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
1904:
Actor George J. Lewis is born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He will go on to play the role of Alejandro in Disney's Zorro TV series.
1923:
Actor Harold Gould - who portrays the grandpa in Disney's 2003 Freaky
Friday and supplies the voice of Old Denahi in Disney's 2003 animated
Brother Bear - is born in Schenectady, New York. Gould's Disney credits also include the 1997
television version of The Love Bug, the 1990s series Dinosaurs and the 1975 feature The Strongest Man in the
World. (TV fans will recognize him as Martin Morgenstern in the 1970s sitcoms Rhoda and The Mary Tyler Moore
Show, and as Miles Webber on The Golden Girls.)
1932:
Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon Santa's Workshop,
directed by Wilfred Jackson, is released.
1937:
Disney's 9-minute Donald Duck cartoon Donald's Ostrich, directed by Jack King and
written by Carl Barks, is released. When an ostrich gets free of her shipping crate and swallows
everything in sight, train station agent Donald Duck is in for a hectic day.
1941:
Child actor Tommy Kirk is born in Louisville, Kentucky. Besides
taking part in TV's the Mickey Mouse Club he appeared in such Disney
film classics as Old Yeller, Babes in Toyland, and Son of Flubber.
Chad Stuart, the voice of Flaps (one of the four singing vultures) in
Disney's 1967 The Jungle Book, is born in England. (Stuart
is best known as half of the 60s singing duo Chad and Jeremy.)
1957:
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, the voice of Tug in Disney's 2003 Brother
Bear, is born in Chicago, Illinois. (Movie fans may recall him for his role
of John Coffey in the 1999 The Green Mile.)
1961:
Actress/singer Nia Peeples, who appeared in the 1997 TV movie Tower of Terror (based on the Disney World attraction) is born in Hollywood, California.
The television series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color airs "Kids is Kids."
1969:
Academy Award-winning composer Leigh Harline passes away in Long
Beach, California at age 62. First joining Disney in 1932, his best known Disney tune "When You Wish Upon A Star" was originally used in Pinocchio. Together with Frank Churchill,
Larry Morey, and Paul J. Smith, Harline was also responsible for such songs as "Whistle While
You Work," "Heigh Ho," and "Some Day My Prince Will Come."
1978:
The Wonderful World of Disney airs "Christmas at Walt Disney World."
The holiday special features Shields & Yarnell, Danielle Spencer, Avery Schreiber, and Phyllis Diller.
1985:
Actress & singer Raven-Symoné, the star of Disney Channel's That's So
Raven, is born in Atlanta, Georgia. She's portrayed Galleria Garibaldi on The Cheetah
Girls and The Cheetah Girls 2, and supplies the voice for Monique in Disney's animated series Kim Possible.
Raven is also the voice of Iridessa for such releases as Tinker Bell and Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure. In 2008,
she co-starred in Walt Disney Pictures' comedy College Road Trip. (TV fans may remember her as Olivia, the
youngest, on the hit series The Cosby Show.)
1993:
EPCOT's Listen to the Land re-opens as Living with the Land with a new narration, music, and opening & ending scenes.
1998:
The Test Track Preview Center at Epcot closes.
(Nine days later Test Track will open.)
2000:
The Emperor's New Groove - Disney's 39th animated feature - has its world premiere. It will be generally released 5 days later.
1996:
Walt Disney Records releases Dog Songs - in celebration of Walt Disney Pictures' live action 101 Dalmatians. It features performances by such artists as Lobo, Patti Page, The Monkees, Harry Nilsson, and Dr. John.
For the holiday season,
Disneyland dresses up
the classic it’s a small
world ride, adding lights and
seasonal songs. Twenty
employees work for 17 days,
10 to 12 hours a day to
decorate the ride!
2004:
Disney Channel airs "Neander-Phil," the seventeenth Phil of the Future episode, for the first time.
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1999:
An official agreement is signed between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and the Walt Disney Company regarding the building and operating of Hong Kong Disneyland.
2009:
A rare 1932 Mickey Mouse Christmas card signed by Walt Disney sells at auction in Illinois for $13,987. The card - addressed to Chicagoan Henry Scherping - features the original version of Mickey and Minnie Mouse along with a note written less than a month after the cartoonist received his first Oscar. Walt Disney sent out dozens of these Christmas cards, but this is the first one to ever surface.
