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1890: Artist, and Disney Legend, Edna Francis (married to Roy O. Disney, mother of Roy E. Disney) is born in Reece, Kansas.
1913: Imagineer, and Disney Legend, Claude Coats (Pinocchio, Snow White, Fantasia, Cinderella, the Lady and the Tramp; backgrounds for the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion rides).
1924: Actor Guy Williams (Zorro in Zorro the TV series) is born Armand Joseph Catalano in New York City. 
1927: Actress and singer Eartha Kitt (Yzma in The Emperor’s New Groove, The Emperor’s New School, and Kronk’s New Groove) is born in Columbia, South Carolina.
1927: Disney Legend Antonio Bertini is born in Milan, Italy (He worked as a sales representative in character merchandising).
1930: The first Mickey Mouse comic strip (drawn by Ub Iwerks, written by Walt Disney, inked by Win Smith) is published in the New York Mirror.
1930: Actor Rod Taylor (Pongo in 101 Dalmatians) is born in Sydney, Australia.
1931: Actor James Earl Jones (Mufasa in The Lion King and The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride) is born in Arkabutla, Missouri.
1931: Actor Charles Nelson Reilly (King Midas in Hercules the TV Series and Dutch Sparkle in Goof Troop.
1938: Disney’s 1st animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, premieres.
1949: Actor Roger Mobley (Gallegher, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, Emil and the Detectives) is born in Evansville, Indiana.
1957: Director John Lasseter (Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering) is born in Hollywood, California.
1958: Actress Alyson Reed (Ms. Darbus in the High School Musical series) is born in Anaheim, California.
1961: Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Princess Atta in A Bug’s Life) is born in New York City.
1963: Disney’s Son of Flubber is released.
1966: Actor Patrick Dempsey (Robert Philip in Enchanted, Derek Shepherd/McDreamy in Grey’s Anatomy.
1975: In Walt Disney World’s Tomorrowland, Space Mountain opens to guests as well as the Carousel of Progress.
1977:  Actor Orlando Bloom (Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean films) is born in Kent, England.
1986: In EPCOT’s Future World, The Living Seas Pavilion opens to guests.
1990: Actor Chris Warren, Jr., (Zeke Baylor in the High School Musical series) is born.
1994:  The very first Walt Disney World Marathon takes place.
1999: The third, and final, section of Walt Disney World’s All-Star Resort (the All-Star Movies Resort) is completed.
2001: At Disneyland, the Downtown Disney area opens to the public.
2003: In Disney’s California Adventure’s Hyperion Theatre, Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular premieres to the public.
2004: Disney announces that the animation department in Florida’s Disney-MGM Studios will be closing.
2006: Disney’s Glory Road is released.
2007: The Disney Channel premieres its latest show, Cory in the House (it’s the channel’s first spinoff of a previous series).