DISNEY ANIMATION
(BY MONTH)

JANUARY

01/05/35
Release of The Tortoise and the Hare
(Academy Award winner)

01/09/87
Opening of Star Tours at Disneyland

01/13/30
Start of Mickey Mouse comic strip

01/17/77
Airing of the new Mickey Mouse Club

01/19/49
Release of So Dear to My Heart

01/25/61
Release of 101 Dalmatians

01/26/72
Debut of The Mouse Factory on television

01/27/96
Inaugural race of Indy 2000 at WDW

01/29/59
Release of Sleeping Beauty


FEBRUARY

02/02/88
First filming done at Disney-MGM Studios

02/02/92
Opening of Disney's Dixie Landings Resort

02/03/45
Release of The Three Caballeros

02/04/66
Release of Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

02/05/53
Release of Peter Pan

02/06/43
Release of Saludos Amigos

02/07/40
Release of Pinocchio

02/15/50
Release of Cinderella

02/18/53
Release of The Alaskan Eskimo
(the first People and Places film)


MARCH

03/01/96
Opening of Disney's Hilton Head Resort

03/11/77
Release of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

03/13/69
Release of The Love Bug

03/18/99
Opening of Asia at Disney's Animal Kingdom

03/19/59
Release of The Shaggy Dog

03/22/75
Opening of Walt Disney World Village

03/28/87
Opening of first Disney Store
(Glendale Galleria)


APRIL

04/01/95
Opening of Blizzard Beach

04/02/43
Release of Private Pluto
(debut of Chip An' Dale)

04/12/92
Opening of Disneyland Paris

04/15/83
Opening of Tokyo Disneyland

04/18/94
Opening of Beauty and the Beast Stage Show on Broadway

04/20/46
Release of Make Mine Music

04/22/98
Opening of Disney's Animal Kingdom


MAY

05/01/89
Opening of Disney-MGM Studios

05/01/89
Opening of Pleasure Island

05/12/32
Release of Mickey's Revue
(debut of Goofy)

05/17/91
Opening of Disney's Port Orleans Resort

05/27/33
Release of Three Little Pigs
(Academy Award winner)

05/27/48
Release of Melody Time

05/28/99
Return of Main Street Electrical Parade at Walt Disney World


JUNE

06/95
First couple exchanges vows at Disney's Wedding Pavilion

06/01/89
Opening of Typhoon Lagoon

06/09/34
Release of The Wise Little Hen
(debut of Donald Duck)

06/16/55
Release of Lady and the Tramp

06/17/72
Debut of Main Street Electrical Parade
at Disneyland

06/18/99
Release of Tarzan

06/20/41
Release of The Reluctant Dragon
(first live action feature)

06/21/96
Release of The Hunchback of Notre Dame

06/22/77
Release of The Rescuers

06/22/88
Release of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

06/23/56
Opening of Skyway at Disneyland

06/23/95
Release of Pocahontas

06/24/94
Release of The Lion King

06/27/97
Release of Hercules


JULY

07/01/29
Release of The Skeleton Dance
(first Silly Symphony)

07/02/86
Release of The Great Mouse Detective

07/10/81
Release of The Fox and the Hound

07/17/43
Release of Victory Through Air Power

07/17/55
Opening of Disneyland

07/19/50
Release of Treasure Island
(first completely live action film)

07/24/66
Opening of New Orleans Square
(first themed land to debut at Disneyland)

07/24/85
Release of The Black Cauldron

07/28/51
Release of Alice in Wonderland

07/30/32
Release of Just Dogs
(last black/white Silly Symphony)

07/30/32
Release of Flowers and Trees
(first color Silly Symphony
and first Academy Award winner)

07/31/95
Purchase of Capital Cities/ABC by TWDC


AUGUST

08/03/90
Release of Duck Tales: The Movie -
Treasure of the Lost Lamp

08/13/42
Release of Bambi

08/18/30
Release of The Chain Gang
(debut of Pluto)

08/29/64
Release of Mary Poppins


SEPTEMBER

09/02/33
Release of Puppy Love
(debut of Fifi)

09/05/27
Release of Trolley Troubles
(first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short)

09/06/94
Disney theme parks welcomes one billionth guest

09/10/90
Premiere of The Disney Afternoon

09/23/84
Michael Eisner becomes Chairman of Walt Disney Productions
(later changed to The Walt Disney Company)

09/27/47
Release of Fun and Fancy Free


OCTOBER

10/40
First issue of Walt Disney's Comics & Stories

10/96
Opening of Mickey's Toontown Fair at WDW

10/01/71
Opening of Magic Kingdom

10/01/82
Opening of Epcot

10/01/94
EuroDisneyland changes name to Disneyland Paris

10/01/95
Opening of Disney's Vero Beach Resort

10/03/55
Premiere of Mickey Mouse Club

10/05/49
Release of The Adventures of Icabod and Mr. Toad

10/07/71
Release of Bedknobs and Broomsticks

10/10/57
Premiere of the Zorro television series

10/15/98
Start of Fantasmic at Disney-MGM Studios

10/16/23
Start of The Walt Disney Company

10/18/67
Release of The Jungle Book

10/21/51
Release of Fathers Are People
(debut of Goofy, Junior and Mrs. Goofy)

10/22/93
Release of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

10/23/41
Release of Dumbo
(Academy Award winner for Best Score)

10/25/71
Official dedication of Magic Kingdom at WDW

10/27/54
Premiere of Disneyland television show

10/27/98
Release of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride


NOVEMBER

11/90
First issue of Disney Adventures Magazine

11/01/90
Opening of first European Disney Store
(Regent Street, London)

11/02/46
Release of Song of the South

11/03/77
Release of Pete's Dragon

11/04/94
Opening of first Walt Disney Gallery
(Main Place Mall, Santa Ana, CA)

11/05/37
Release of The Old Mill

11/08/73
Release of Robin Hood

11/09/94
Closing of Skyway at Disneyland

11/13/40
Release of Fantasia

11/16/90
Release of The Rescuers Down Under

11/17/89
Release of The Little Mermaid

11/18/28
Release of Steamboat Willie
(debut of Mickey Mouse)

11/18/88
Release of Oliver & Company

11/22/91
Release of Beauty and the Beast

11/22/95
Release of Toy Story

11/24/99
Release of Toy Story 2

11/25/92
Release of Aladdin

11/25/98
Release of A Bug's Life


DECEMBER

12/05/01
Birth of Walt Disney in Chicago

12/15/66
Death of Walt Disney

12/21/37
Premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

12/23/54
Release of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

12/24/70
Release of The Aristocats

12/25/65
Release of The Sword in the Stone

12/27/37
Walt Disney appears on cover of Time Magazine


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