Grumpy
09-01-2008, 05:12 AM
1902: Animator and Disney Legend William Norman Ferguson (created Pluto and the Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) is born in New York City, NY.
1903: Animator Hugh Harman (worked on the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit) is born in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
1905: Animator, Disney Legend, and one of the “Nine Old Men” Eric Larson (Bambi, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins, The AristoCats, The Great Mouse Detective) is born in Cleveland, Utah.
1906: Comedienne Barbara Jo Allen (Fauna in Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone, early voice of Madame Leota in the Haunted Mansion) is born in New York City, NY.
1910: Imagineer, and Disney Legend, Yale Gracey (special effects in the Haunted Mansion and the Pirates of the Caribbean) is born in Shanghai, China to an American Consul. He’s also the namesake of Master Gracey.
1912: Animator, and one of the “Nine Old Men“, Frank Thomas (The Brave Little Tailor, The Fox and the Hound, Robin Hood, The Jungle Book) is born in Santa Monica, California.
1918: While working at a post office in the Chicago Federal Building, Walt Disney survives a bomb that has exploded, killing 4 people.
1919: Actor Howard Morris (voice of Gopher in the Winnie the Pooh features) is born in New York City.
1919: Imagineer Xavier Atencio, who penned the lyrics to Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me) and Grim Grinning Ghosts (The Screaming Song) and wrote the scripts for Adventure Thru Inner Space and Pirates of the Caribbean, is born in Trinidad, Colorado.
1924: Actor and Disney Legend Buddy Hackett (Tennessee Steinmetz in The Love Bug, Scuttle in The Little Mermaid and The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea) is born in Brooklyn, NY.
1928: Actor James Coburn (Henry J. Waternoose in Monsters, Inc, James ‘Thunder Jack’ Johnson in Snow Dogs) is born in Laurel, Nebraska.
1937: Actress Jo Anne Worley (Kim Possible: The Secret Files, A Goofy Movie, and Beauty and the Beast) is born in Lowell, Indiana.
1938: Brothers Walt and Roy Disney place a $10,000 deposit on a 51-acre lot along Buena Vista Street in Burbank, CA, to build a new studio.
1948: The earliest form of Disneyland takes place in a memo to animators in the studio about Walt’s ideas for a “Mickey Mouse Park.”
1951: Actor Michael Keaton (Herbie: Fully Loaded, Chick Hicks in Cars) is born in Corapolis, Pennsylvania.
1958: Disneyland airs for the last time under that name. It will later be named Walt Disney Presents.
1965: The U.S. Forest Service announces that six bids have been received to build a ski resort on Mineral King in California. Disney happens to be one of the two leading candidates, but the resort was never developed.
1966: Both Tomorrowland’s Flying Saucers attraction and its Tomorrowland Jets attraction close.
1968: Actor Phill Lewis (Mr. Moseby in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) is born in Uganda.
1979: The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens in Disneyland’s Frontierland.
1979: Disney’s television series, which debuted in 1954, airs for the last time as The Wonderful World of Disney. It will later be named Disney’s Wonderful World.
1985: Walt Disney World closes at 5:00 p.m. due to the advancing Hurricane Elena. This is one of only four times that WDW has closed due to a hurricane.
1985: Disneyland’s Adventure Thru Inner Space closes in Tomorrowland. It will later be replaced by Star Tours.
1988: Live with Regis and Kathie Lee debuts.
1994: Walt Disney World’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea attraction “temporarily closes” and then permanently closes a few years later. Once deemed closed forever, some of the submarines are taken from the ride and sunk off the cost of Castaway Cay.
1997: Tropical Serenade in Walt Disney World’s Adventureland closes for extensive renovations. It will later re-open as The Enchanted Tiki Room-Under New Management.
2000: Tokyo Disneyland’s newest attraction, Pooh’s Hunny Hunt, opens.
2000: The Rocket Rods attraction, in Disneyland’s Tomorrowland, closes.
2001: The Tokyo Disneyland Resort expands with its newest park, Tokyo DisneySea.
2004: “Disney’s Swim with the Stars” tour kicks off at Walt Disney World. Americans Michael Phelps, Lenny Krayzelburg and Ian Crocker meet and swim with young swimming prodigies.
2004: The Walt Disney World Resort closes again due to Hurricane Frances. This is WDW’s fourth closing since 1971.
2005: Pooh’s Playful Spot, covering the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Lagoon, opens in WDW’s Magic Kingdom.
2007: The film “O Canada” officially reopens after it was updated with new footage.
1903: Animator Hugh Harman (worked on the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit) is born in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
1905: Animator, Disney Legend, and one of the “Nine Old Men” Eric Larson (Bambi, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins, The AristoCats, The Great Mouse Detective) is born in Cleveland, Utah.
1906: Comedienne Barbara Jo Allen (Fauna in Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone, early voice of Madame Leota in the Haunted Mansion) is born in New York City, NY.
1910: Imagineer, and Disney Legend, Yale Gracey (special effects in the Haunted Mansion and the Pirates of the Caribbean) is born in Shanghai, China to an American Consul. He’s also the namesake of Master Gracey.
1912: Animator, and one of the “Nine Old Men“, Frank Thomas (The Brave Little Tailor, The Fox and the Hound, Robin Hood, The Jungle Book) is born in Santa Monica, California.
1918: While working at a post office in the Chicago Federal Building, Walt Disney survives a bomb that has exploded, killing 4 people.
1919: Actor Howard Morris (voice of Gopher in the Winnie the Pooh features) is born in New York City.
1919: Imagineer Xavier Atencio, who penned the lyrics to Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me) and Grim Grinning Ghosts (The Screaming Song) and wrote the scripts for Adventure Thru Inner Space and Pirates of the Caribbean, is born in Trinidad, Colorado.
1924: Actor and Disney Legend Buddy Hackett (Tennessee Steinmetz in The Love Bug, Scuttle in The Little Mermaid and The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea) is born in Brooklyn, NY.
1928: Actor James Coburn (Henry J. Waternoose in Monsters, Inc, James ‘Thunder Jack’ Johnson in Snow Dogs) is born in Laurel, Nebraska.
1937: Actress Jo Anne Worley (Kim Possible: The Secret Files, A Goofy Movie, and Beauty and the Beast) is born in Lowell, Indiana.
1938: Brothers Walt and Roy Disney place a $10,000 deposit on a 51-acre lot along Buena Vista Street in Burbank, CA, to build a new studio.
1948: The earliest form of Disneyland takes place in a memo to animators in the studio about Walt’s ideas for a “Mickey Mouse Park.”
1951: Actor Michael Keaton (Herbie: Fully Loaded, Chick Hicks in Cars) is born in Corapolis, Pennsylvania.
1958: Disneyland airs for the last time under that name. It will later be named Walt Disney Presents.
1965: The U.S. Forest Service announces that six bids have been received to build a ski resort on Mineral King in California. Disney happens to be one of the two leading candidates, but the resort was never developed.
1966: Both Tomorrowland’s Flying Saucers attraction and its Tomorrowland Jets attraction close.
1968: Actor Phill Lewis (Mr. Moseby in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) is born in Uganda.
1979: The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens in Disneyland’s Frontierland.
1979: Disney’s television series, which debuted in 1954, airs for the last time as The Wonderful World of Disney. It will later be named Disney’s Wonderful World.
1985: Walt Disney World closes at 5:00 p.m. due to the advancing Hurricane Elena. This is one of only four times that WDW has closed due to a hurricane.
1985: Disneyland’s Adventure Thru Inner Space closes in Tomorrowland. It will later be replaced by Star Tours.
1988: Live with Regis and Kathie Lee debuts.
1994: Walt Disney World’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea attraction “temporarily closes” and then permanently closes a few years later. Once deemed closed forever, some of the submarines are taken from the ride and sunk off the cost of Castaway Cay.
1997: Tropical Serenade in Walt Disney World’s Adventureland closes for extensive renovations. It will later re-open as The Enchanted Tiki Room-Under New Management.
2000: Tokyo Disneyland’s newest attraction, Pooh’s Hunny Hunt, opens.
2000: The Rocket Rods attraction, in Disneyland’s Tomorrowland, closes.
2001: The Tokyo Disneyland Resort expands with its newest park, Tokyo DisneySea.
2004: “Disney’s Swim with the Stars” tour kicks off at Walt Disney World. Americans Michael Phelps, Lenny Krayzelburg and Ian Crocker meet and swim with young swimming prodigies.
2004: The Walt Disney World Resort closes again due to Hurricane Frances. This is WDW’s fourth closing since 1971.
2005: Pooh’s Playful Spot, covering the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Lagoon, opens in WDW’s Magic Kingdom.
2007: The film “O Canada” officially reopens after it was updated with new footage.