2003:
The Wonderful World of Disney airs the television movie
Sounder (a remake of the 1972 classic).
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1942:
Award winning star of stage and screen Michael Crawford, whose
CD The Disney Album was released in September 2001,
is born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
1949:
The Disney film So Dear to My Heart, starring Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, and Burl Ives is released. The combination live- action and animated film tells the story of Jeremiah a determined country boy who adopts a mischievous black lamb named Danny. (It is one of only two films to be released by the Disney Studios in 1949.) One of the film's song "Lavender Blue" (written by Eliot Daniel & Larry Morey) will be nominated for an Academy Award. Another titled "County Fair" has been written by Mel Tormé.
1955:
The Disneyland television series presents "Monsters of the Deep." Walt
Disney takes a look at the history of legendary monsters which include
the giant octopus from his 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea film.
1964:
Teacher-turned-major league baseball pitcher Jim Morris is born in Brownwood, Texas. His story will be the subject of Disney's
2002 release The Rookie (starring Dennis Quaid).
1971:
Recreacres, Incorporated (which was formed to help buy up property
for the Walt Disney World Resort) changes its name to Buena Vista
Land Company, Incorporated. (It will eventually be known as Walt
Disney World Hospitality and Recreation Corporation.)
1997:
Adriana Caselotti, who supplied the voice and personality to Walt Disney's first feature-length cartoon heroine, Snow White, dies at her home in Los Angeles, California, following a battle with cancer. She is 80.
2001:
A special celebration and preview of Disney's California Adventure park
is held from 4:00 p.m. to midnight. The event includes a scavenger
hunt through Disney's newest park and a panel discussion with
Imagineers and artists who created Disney's California Adventure. (The park will officially open February 8, 2001.)
Lizzie McGuire (a half-hour series mixing live-action and animation)
debuts on the Disney Channel with the episode "Picture Day."
(Disney's on-air promos identifies this episode as the premiere of a
new series, even though a sneak preview of the episode "Rumors" has
been aired the week before.)
2002:
Disney's Saturday Morning Movies continues at the Disney-owned El Capitan Theater (in Hollywood) with the showing of Honey I Shrunk the Kids. Also featured are Disney shorts, sing-a-longs, contests, and live organ music. Guests are invited to dress up as their favorite Disney character from the film.
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1951:
Disney's Chip 'n Dale short Chicken in the Rough, featuring the voices of James Macdonald and Dessie Flynn, is released.
"I know my voice will never die."
- Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Snow White
1924:
Lillian Bounds from Idaho (future wife of Walt Disney) starts working at the Disney Studio in Hollywood. She had been recommended by her sister's friend - who is also an employee. Lillian has taken the job because it is within walking distance of her sister's house (where she is currently living) and doesn't require her to spend bus fare!
The only other noted film work Adriana Caselotti did following her premiere as Snow White was an uncredited role in The Wizard
of Oz, as the voice of Juliet
during the Tin-Man's song,
"If I Only had a Heart".
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2007:
Disney Channel airs the Hannah Montana episode "School Bully" for the first time.
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2008:
Actress Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," passes away at age 70 in Los Angeles, California. Her Disney credits include the live-action features The Shaggy D.A., The Ugly Dachshund, Blackbeard's Ghost, and The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin. Pleshette also supplies the voice for Zira in the animated The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.
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