This Week in Disney History (October 26-November 1)
1902: Actress Elsa Lanchester (Rascal, Blackbeard’s Ghost, That Darn Cat!, Mary Poppins) is born in London, England.
1911: Author Daniel Pratt Mannix IV (The Fox and the Hound) is born in Pennsylvania.
1912: Animator, Disney Legend, and one of Walt’s “Nine Old Men,” Ollie Johnston (Bambi, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Mary Poppins, The AristoCats, The Jungle Book, The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound) is born in Palo Alto, California.
1921: Animator Retta Davidson (Pinocchio, Bambi, Fantasia) is born in Aracadia, California.
1939: Actor John Cleese (Grizzled Sergeant in Around the World in 80 Days, Mr. Toad’s Lawyer in The Wind in the Willows) is born in Somerset, England.
1942: Actor David Ogden Stiers (Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Jumba in Lilo & Stitch) is born in Peoria, Illinois.
1951: Animator Randy Cartwright (The Rescuers, Pete’s Dragon, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, the Magic Carpet in Aladdin) is born in Virginia.
1952: Actress Annie Potts (Bo Peep in the Toy Story series, Syrinx in Hercules-the TV series) is born in Franklin, Kentucky.
1954: Walt Disney’s TV series, Disneyland, premieres on ABC for the first time.
1957: Actor Kevin Pollak (Spinlok in Alien Encounter, Cupid in The Santa Clause 2 & 3) is born in San Francisco, California.
1971: NBC-TV airs a 90-minute special called The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World.
1986: Old Donald Duck cartoons are shown for the first time in the People’s Republic of China.
1989: The Making of Me, starring Martin Short, debuts in the Wonders of Life Pavilion at EPCOT.
1990: The first Disney Store to open outside of the U.S. opens on Regent Street in London.
1993: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas premieres.
1994: Walt Disney World‘s All-Star Music Resort opens.
1997: Tower of Terror debuts on ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney.
2002: The Anaheim Angels, owned by Disney, win their first World Series with a 4-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants in game 7.
2002: Disney’s The Santa Clause 2 opens in theaters.
2003: Disney’s 43rd animated feature, Brother Bear, premieres (it is the final feature primarily produced by the Florida studios).
