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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 [...]

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 — [...]

Sunday, September 14, 1980 — Mickey Mouse Revue closed in Fantasyland.
Saturday, September 15, 1984 — Magic Carpet ‘Round the World re-opened in Tomorrowland.
Friday, September 12, 1986 — Captain EO opened at the Imagination pavilion at Epcot.
Saturday, September 14, 1991 — Energizer ended its sponsorship of the Main Street Electrical Parade.
Monday, September 12, 2005 — ABC [...]

This week was an active one with the summer season coming to a close. Also, sorry for my lack of updates for the history, I hope to get back on it and keep them coming.

Tuesday, September 7, 1971 — The Magic Kingdom began soft openings.
Monday, September 6, 1976 — America on Parade closed.
Monday, September [...]

With the end of the summer tourist season at Walt Disney World, changes start to happen at the resort. This week saw the end of a few parades and the opening of a playground that sits where 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was.

Sunday, August 28, 1994 — The Art of Disney opened at Downtown [...]