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1886: Actor Charles Ruggles (Follow Me, Boys!, The Ugly Dachshund, Son of Flubber) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1903: Actor Stuart Erwin (The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, Son of Flubber, Moochie of the Little League) is born in Squaw County, California.
1914: Disney Legend Bill Justice (Mickey Mouse animator, worked on Audio-Animatronics) is born in Dayton, Ohio.
1918: Animator, Imagineer, and Disney Legend, Blaine Gibson (many famous park attractions as well as the Partner’s Statue) is born in Rocky Ford, Colorado.
1934: Actor Barrie Ingham (Basil of Baker Street in The Great Mouse Detective) is born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
1951: Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger is born in Oceanside, New York.
1964: Disney’s The Misadventures of Merlin Jones premieres.
1965: Disney’s Freewayphobia premieres.
1968: Disney’s Blackbeard’s Ghost premieres.
1973: Disney’s The World’s Greatest Athlete premieres.
1978:  Disney’s Candleshoe premieres.
1979: Disney’s The North Avenue Irregulars premieres.
1980: Disney’s Midnight Madness premieres.
1986: At Epcot’s Imagination! Pavilion, Magic Journeys closes.
1988: In Epcot’s CommuniCore West, Expo Robotics opens.
1999: Disney’s My Favorite Martian premieres.
2000: Disney’s The Tigger Movie is released.
2001: Disney’s 8th park, Disney’s California Adventure, opens to the public along with the Grand Californian Hotel.
2006: The Walt Disney Company trades with NBC Universal to reacquire the rights for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.