This Week in Disney History (April 19-25)
1886: Actress Belle Montrose (The Absent Minded Professor, Son of Flubber) is born Isabelle Donohue in Illinois.
1906: Actor Eddie Albert (The Barefoot Executive, Beyond Witch Mountain, Escape to Witch Mountain, MIracle of the White Stallions) is born in Rock Island, Illinois.
1914: Actor, and Disney Legend, Betty Lou Gerson (Cinderella and Cruella De Vil in 101 Dalmations) is born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1920: Animator, and Disney Legend, Bob Moore (Dumbo, The Reluctant Dragon) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1925: Animator Iwao Takamoto (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmations, Lady and the Tramp) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1937: Actor George Takei (First Ancestor in Mulan and Mulan II) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1953: Animator/director Ron Clements (Treasure Planet, Hercules, Aladdin, The Rescuers, Pete’s Dragon, The Little Mermaid) is born in Sioux City, Iowa.
1959: Actor Clint Howard (Roo in Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day) is born in Burbank, California.
1970: Actress Nicole Sullivan (Shego in Kim Possible, Princess Mira Nova in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Franny in Meet the Robinsons) is born in Manhattan, New York.
1970: Actor Jason Lee (Buddy Pine/Syndrome in The Incredibles) is born in Huntington Beach, California.
1985: Actress Courtnee Draper (Morgan Hudson in The Jersey, Sam in the DCOM The Thirteenth Year, Megan Larson in the DCOM Stepsister from the Planet Weird) is born in Orlando, Florida.
1991: At the Disney-MGM Studios, the Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant opens.
2000: The Disney Channel Original Movie Rip Girls premieres.
2002: In DinoLand U.S.A. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Primeval Whirl opens.
2009: Under the new Disneynature label, earth premieres (and Disney promises to plant a tree for each ticket sold-over 2 million in all).
2009: In Walt Disney World’s Downtown Disney, Characters in Flight, a new tethered balloon ride, opens to the public.
