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1890: Junius Matthews (voice of Winnie the Pooh’s Rabbit) is born in Chicago, Illinois.
1892: Actor Basil Rathbone (The Great Mouse Detective)
1895: Actress Hattie McDaniel (Song of the South and first African American to win an Oscar) is born in Wichita, Kansas.
1895: Posthumous Disney Legend and actor Cliff Edwards (Pinocchio, Dumbo) is born in Hannibal, Missouri.
1906: Actor Gil Lamb (The Love Bug, The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit)
1910: Imagineer (and Disney Legend) Bill Evans is born in Santa Monica, California.
1912: Disney Legend James Algar (The Living Desert) is born in Modesto, California.
1916: Actress Dorothy McGuire (Swiss Family Robinson, Old Yeller) is born in Omaha, Nebraska.
1919: Disney Legend Richard Todd (The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, The Sword and the Rose) is born in Dublin, Ireland.
1920: Actor Rex Everhart (Beauty and the Beast) is born in Watseka, Illinois.
1922: Disney Legend Frank Fulton Burley (Golden Horseshoe Revue) is born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
1923: Disney Legend Becky Fallberg is born in Los Angeles.
1925: Actor Charles Tyner (Pete’s Dragon) is born in Danville, Virginia
1928: Disney Legend Richard Sherman (Oscar-winning songwriter) is born in Manhatten, New York.
1929: Walt Disney files a trademark for Mickey Mouse
1931: Actress Joan Marshall (The Horse in the Gray Flannel, The Happiest Millionaire) is born in Chicago, IL.
1944: Mouseketeer Don Grady is born in San Francisco.
1949: Disney Legend Kevin Corcoran (Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Pollyanna) is born in Santa Monica, California.
1949: Actor Simon Callow (James and the Giant Peach) is born in London, England.
1953: Actor (and Disney Legend) Tim Allen (Home Improvement, Toy Story series, and The Santa Clause films) is born in Denver, Colorado.
1956: Disney’s The Great Locomotive Chase (based on a true story from the Civil War) is released.
1957: The Monsato House of the Future (open from 1957-1967) opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
1958: Disneyland’s Alice in Wonderland attraction debuts in Fantasyland.
1959: The Monorail debuts on a .8 mile track in Disneyland.
1959: Matterhorn Mountain and The Matterhorn Bobsleds debuts in Disneyland.
1959: The Submarine Voyage debuts with 7 submarines in Disneyland.
1960: Disney’s The Sign of Zorro is released.
1961: Actor Michael J. Fox (Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey) is born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1962: McDonnell-Douglas sponsors Disneyland’s Rocket to the Moon
1963: Actor Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy) is born in Owensboro, KY.
1969: Disney’s Rascal is released.
1975: Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln returns to Disneyland.
1975: America on Parade (a new bicentennial parade) debuts at Disneyland and Disney World.
1977: The Main Street Electrical Parade debuts in Walt Disney World.
1978: Disney’s The Cat from Outer Space is released.
1986: Actor Shia LaBeouf (Even Stevens, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1995: Disney’s Pochahontas premieres.
1997: Disney’s Hercules premieres at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York.
1999: Disney’s Tarzan premieres at the El Capitan Theater.
2001: Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire opens in Los Angeles, CA and New York City, NY, theaters.
2003: The Great Movie Ride reopens after a long refurbishment in Disney’s-MGM Studios.
2005: The Walt Disney Company donates objects from Disneyland to the Smithsonian
2006: Disney/Pixar’s Cars is released.
2007: The Finding Nemo: Submarine Voyage attraction opens to the public in Disneyland.