2002:
The annual meeting of shareholders of The Walt Disney Company
is held at the Hartford Civic Center in Connecticut at 10:00 a.m.
1941:
Disney's Technicolor feature Fantasia opens in Chicago, Illinois. The film, featuring eight animated segments synchronized to pieces of classical music, first premiered last November 1940 in New York City.
1955:
Actor, musician & playwright Jeff Daniels is born in Athens, Georgia. He's appeared in
such live-action Disney films as the 1999 My Favorite Martian as Tim O'Hara, the 1996 101
Dalmatians as Roger, and the 1990 Arachnophobia as Doctor Ross Jennings. (Film fans also know him from
the features Dumb and Dumber, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and Terms of Endearment.)
1960:
The TV series Walt Disney Presents airs "Texas John Slaughter: Apache Friendship," the 11th of a 17-part miniseries starring Tom Tryon.
1961:
Walt Disney Presents airs part 1 of the 1956 film "Westward Ho! The Wagons."
1967:
An article titled "Florida's Disney World Aims at '70 Opening"
by C. E. Wright appears in the Sunday New York Times.
1985:
Mickey Mouse is welcomed to China as part of the 30th anniversary of Disneyland. (The touring mouse will visit 30 cities in 30 days.)
1987:
Paul Terry, the voice of James in the 1996 James and the Giant Peach, is born.
2000:
Episode 10 of Mickey Mouse Works airs on ABC-TV. The program features the shorts "Goofy's Radio," "Car Washers" (with Mickey, Donald, and Goofy), and "Pluto's Seal Deal."
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1952:
The Disney short Hello Aloha is released by RKO. Directed by Jack Kinney, this cartoon finds Goofy living out the working-man's dream of walking away from his job and moving to a tropical island paradise.
2007:
Engineers Week, an event to raise public awareness of engineers’ positive contributions to our quality of life and the importance of math, science and technical literacy, begins at Epcot's Innoventions West on this Presidents' Day.
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The Walt Disney World College Program is a U.S. national internship program operated by
The Walt Disney Company,
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Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
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"I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.'
And that took the pressure off." -Jeff Daniels
1968:
Academy Award nominations are announced with Disney receiving 2:
"The Bare Necessities" (from The Jungle Book) - Best Music, Song
The Happiest Millionaire - Best Costume Design
The 40th Academy Awards will take place April 10.
1956:
Keller's Jungle Killers, a circus act in the Mickey Mouse Club Circus tent, opens in
Disneyland. The act features George Keller, a college professor-turned-lion tamer who has previously
performed with the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus! Keller will continue his show through September.
1943:
Disney's Mickey Mouse short Pluto and the Armadillo, directed by Clyde
Geronomi, is released. Mickey's pal Pluto befriends an armadillo while on a South American trip.
2010:
Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Records join forces with Hot Topic, KIIS-FM, MySpace and musical artists from the upcoming album "Almost Alice" for an ultimate fan event celebrating this Spring’s most anticipated 3D feature Alice in Wonderland. The star-studded concert event takes place at the Hollywood & Highland Center’s Central Courtyard; featuring five musical acts, a visit from director Tim Burton, and an appearance by the film's star Johnny Depp.
Disneyland announces that Michael Jackson's 3D film Captain EO will return to the park on Tuesday, February 23. The first showing of the 18-minute movie is set for 10 a.m.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom welcomes its newest family member when a baby gorilla is born to first-time mother, Kashata. The new baby (unnamed at this time) is the third gorilla born at DAK as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan.
2009:
Disney announces it has bought the Colorado-based Kerpoof Studios, a creator of
online tools which allows kids to use computers to make artwork, create short films,
and write stories.
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