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1902: Composer Sammy Fain (contributed to the scores of Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Rescuers, and Return to Never Land) is born in New York City, NY.
1913: Composer Tom Adair (His music can be found in Sleeping Beauty, Disneyland’s Main Street USA, and at The Golden Horshoe Revue) is born in Newton, Kansas.
1915: Actress Pat Buttram (The Fox and the Hound, The Rescuers) is born in Addison, Alabama
1916: Composer Terry Gilkyson (contributed to the scores of Swiss Family Robinson, The Aristocats, The Moon-Spinners, and The Bear Necessities) is born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
1917: Disney Legend, set designer, and art director, Bill Martin (He helped create Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, Snow White’s Adventures, and Peter Pan’s Flight) is born in Marshalltown, Iowa.
1919: Composer Gene de Paul (contributed to the scores of So Dear to My Heart, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, and Alice in Wonderland) is born in New York City, NY.
1946: Composer Barry Manilow (co-wrote the score of Oliver and Company) is born in Brooklyn, NY.
1946: Actress Jennifer Darling (Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, Lilo & Stitch, Monsters, Inc., The Emperor’s New Groove, A Bug’s Life, and Aladdin) is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1949: Actor Jim Varney (Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Toy Story series) is born in Lexington, Kentucky.
1952: Actor John Goodman (Cars, The Emperor’s New Groove, The Jungle Book 2) is born in Affton, Missouri.
1955: Disney’s 15th animated film, The Lady and the Tramp, holds its world premier in Chicago, IL.
1955: Tony Anselmo, animator and 2nd voice of Donald Duck, is born in London, England
1956: Tom Sawyer’s Island debuts in Disneyland’s Frontierland.
1956: Disneyland’s Storybook Land (including Canal Boats of the World) premieres.
1961: The first Disneyland Grad Night Party is held with about 8,500 students attending.
1961: Walt Disney purchases the film rights to Winnie the Pooh from A.A. Milne’s widow.
1961: Disney’s The Parent Trap is released.
1964: Gavin Greenaway (composer of the Tapestry of Nations music) is born in London, England.
1964: Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone series airs its last episode. Serling’s creation will be the inspiration for the Tower of Terror.
1965: Actor Sean Marshall (Pete’s Dragon) is born in Canoga Park, California.
1967: Disneyland’s exclusive Club 33 restaurant opens in New Orleans Square.
1969: Disney’s Peter Pan is re-released in theaters for the third time since it premiered in 1953.
1972: The Main Street Electric Parade kicks off in Disneyland.
1976: Disney’s first attempt at a themed water park, Walt Disney World’s River Country, debuts next to Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort.
1983: Disneyland’s Flights of Fancy parade debuts.
1988: Mickey’s Birthdayland opens in the Magic Kingdom.
1988: Touchstone and Amblin Entertainment’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit premiers at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
1991: The Celebration U.S.A. parade debuts in Disneyland.
1991: The Rocketeer premiers at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
1995: The first wedding at Walt Disney World’s Wedding Pavilion is held.
1995: The bronze Partners Statue is installed in the Magic Kingdom.
1995: Plans to build Disney’s Wild Animal Kingdom are announced.
1995: ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter opens in Disney World’s Tomorrowland (It replaces Flight to the Moon).
1996: Disney’s 34th animated film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, premieres.
1998: DisneyQuest opens in the West End of Downtown Disney in Florida.
1998: Disney’s 36th animated film, Mulan, opens nationwide.
1999: Disney’s 37th animated feature, Tarzan, is released in the U.S.
2000: Fantasia 2000 opens in theaters nationwide.
2001: Disney’s 40th animated film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, is released nationwide.
2001: The Power of BLAST! debuts in Epcot.
2002: SHOCKWAVE! debuts at Epcot.
2002: Disney’s 41st animated feature, Lilo & Stitch, premieres at the El Capitan Theatre.