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1832: Author Lewis Carroll (author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) is born in Daresbury, Cheshire, England.
1905: Actor Charles Lane (The AristoCats, The Ugly Daschund, The Gnome-Mobile, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes) is born in San Francisco, California.
1918: Actor Vito Scotti (Herbie Goes Bananas, Herbie Rides Again, The World’s Greatest Athlete, The Aritocats) is born in San Francisco, California.
1915: Illustrator, and Disney Legend, Bill Peet (101 Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, Peter Pan, Fantasia, Pinocchio, The Jungle Book) is born in Grandview, Indiana.
1926: Actor Paul Newman (Doc Hudson in Cars) is born in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
1931: Actor Dean Jones (The Love Bug, The Shaggy D.A., Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Snowball Express, The House in the Gray Flannel Suit, That Darn Cat!) is born in Morgan City, Alabama.
1934: Executive, and Disney Legend, Bob Matheison (Director of Operations for Disneyland, VP of Magic Kingdom and Epcot) is born in Portland, Oregon.
1937: Actress Suzanne Pleshette (The Shaggy D.A., The Ugly Dachshund, Blackbeard’s Ghost, The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride) is born in New York City.
1939: Imagineer, and Disney Legend, Ralph Kent (designer of the Mickey Mouse watch) is born in New York.
1951: Musician, and Disney Legend, Phil Collins (Brother Bear, Tarzan) is born in London, England.
1959: Disney’s 16th animated feature, Sleeping Beauty, premieres.
1961: Disney’s 17th animated feature, 101 Dalmatians, premieres.
1969: Actor Patton Oswalt (Remy in Ratatouille, Professor Dementor in Kim Possible) is born in Portsmouth, Virginia.
1987: Delta Airlines replaces Eastern Airlines as the official airline of Walt Disney World.
1988: In Epcot, IllumiNations debuts.
1993: In Disneyland, Disney’s Toontown opens.
1994: In Epcot, Communicore East and West close.
1999: In Downtown Disney’s West End, Cirque du Soleil opens it’s permanent theatre. 
2008: The Disney Channel Orignial Movie Minutemen premieres.