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1786: Congressman and explorer Davy Crockett is born in Greene County, Tennessee.
1905: Animator Robert W. Youngquist (Fantasia, Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone) is born in Illinois.
1907: Radio actor Alan Reed (Boris in The Lady and the Tramp) is born Edward Bergman in New York City.
1922: Actress Shelley Winters (Lena Gogan in Pete’s [...]

1882: Actor Charles Judels (Stromboli in Pinocchio) is born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1901: Songwriter and Disney Legend Ned Washington (helped write When You Wish Upon A Star and Baby Mine) is born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
1914: Director and Disney Legend Ken Annakin (no, not Luke’s father-directed The Sword and the Rose, Swiss Family Robinson, The Story of [...]

1923: Actress Jean Hagen (Freeda Daniels in The Shaggy Dog) is born in Chicago, Illinois.
1933: The Mickey Mouse Watch enters U.S. markets at a cost of $2.75.
1953: Animator Jim Jenkins (creator of Doug) is born in Virginia.
1955: The 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Exhibit, a walk-through exhibit, opens in Disneyland’s Tomorrowland.
1955: Voice actor Corey Burton [...]

1916: Actor Keenan Wynn (John Slade in The Shaggy D.A., Alonzo P. Hawk in The Absent Minded Professor and in Son of Flubber) is born in New York City.
1932: The 29th Silly Symphony, Flowers and Trees, is the first full-color animated film.
1933: Actor Dom DeLuise (Bacchus in Hercules and Fagin in Oliver & Company) [...]

1890: Actress Verna Felton (Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, the Queen of Hearts in Alice and Wonderland, and Winifred the Elephant in The Jungle Book) is born in Salinas, California.
1908: Actor Karl Swenson (Merlin in The Sword in the Stone) is born in Brooklyn, NY.
1911: Disney illustrator & Disney Legend Al Dempster (Fantasia, Dumbo, Song of [...]

1912: Imagineer Al Bertino (helped design Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, The Haunted Mansion, and The Country Bear Jamboree) is born in California.
1917: Comedienne Phyllis Diller (The Queen in A Bug’s Life) is born in Missouri.
1919: Actor Dal McKennon (Ben Franklin in The American Adventure, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Son of Flubber) is born in Oregon.
1925: Walt [...]

1894: Disney Legend Joseph Fowler is born in Lewiston, Maine. He oversaw the construction of both Disneyland and Disney World.
1909: Publisher and Disney Legend Mario Gentilini is born in Luzzara, Italy. He popularized Mickey Mouse in Italy through his “Topolino” magazine.
1913: Actor Bill Thompson (Mr. Smee in Peter Pan, King Hubert in [...]

1865: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson publishes Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland under the pen name Lewis Carroll.
1898: Actor Johnny Lee (the voice of Br’er Rabbit) is born in Los Angeles.
1908: Disney legend and artist, John Hench (Fantasia, Dumbo) is born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1910: Marcellite Garner (the voice of Minnie Mouse) is born in Redlands, California.
1914: Disney [...]

1889: Actor Moroni Olsen (the Magic Mirror from Snow White) is born in Ogden, Utah.
1904: Actor Phil Harris (The Aristocats, The Jungle Book) is born in Linton, Indiana.
1904: Actor Peter Lorre (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) is born in Slovakia.
1907: Actor John McIntire (The Fox and the Hound, The Rescuers) is born in Spokane, Washington.
1909: [...]

1902: Composer Sammy Fain (contributed to the scores of Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Rescuers, and Return to Never Land) is born in New York City, NY.
1913: Composer Tom Adair (His music can be found in Sleeping Beauty, Disneyland’s Main Street USA, and at The Golden Horshoe Revue) is born in Newton, Kansas.
1915: Actress [...]

1890: Junius Matthews (voice of Winnie the Pooh’s Rabbit) is born in Chicago, Illinois.
1892: Actor Basil Rathbone (The Great Mouse Detective)
1895: Actress Hattie McDaniel (Song of the South and first African American to win an Oscar) is born in Wichita, Kansas.
1895: Posthumous Disney Legend and actor Cliff Edwards (Pinocchio, Dumbo) is born in Hannibal, Missouri.
1906: [...]

1905: Actor John Abbott (The Jungle Book) is born in London, England
1911: Actor Eric Rolf (Song of the South, Davy Crockett, Indian Scout) is born in Minneapolis, MN
1922: Actress Joan Copeland (Brother Bear, Jungle 2 Jungle) is born in New York City, NY.
1924: Disney’s Alice’s Fishy Story is released.
1924: Actor Dennis Weaver (Home on the [...]

(Editorial | Source: Disney)
This week, a letter from Marty Sklar the Executive Vice President for Walt Disney Imagineering, appeared on Disney fan sites all over the internet. The letter (found here) states that Sklar and others at WDI have been carefully considering what to do with the classic “Its a Small World” attraction for many [...]

Tuesday, September 23, 1980 — Big Thunder Mountain Railroad began soft openings.
Tuesday, September 28, 1982 — Disney begins selling Annual Passes to Walt Disney World.
Monday, September 24, 1984 — Frontierland Shootin Arcade opened.
Thursday, September 27, 1984 — Show Biz Is closed in Tomorrowland.
Tuesday, September 24, 1985 — Lotus Blossom Café opened in the China pavilion.
Thursday, [...]

Sunday, September 22, 1991 — 20th Anniversary Surprise Celebration Parade begins at the Magic Kingdom.
Friday, September 20, 1996 — General Electric ended its sponsorship of IllumiNations.
Friday, September 20, 1996 — The original IllumiNations ended.
Saturday, September 21, 1996 — IllumiNations 25 (Track A) opened.
Saturday, September 20, 2003 — Construction began on Soarin’.
Saturday, September 20, 2003 — [...]