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Walter Elias Disney is born in Chicago. -
The Disney family moved to a farm, Marceline, where Walt has and idyllic chilhood and develops a strong interest in drawing. -
The family moves to Kansas City where walt discovers and falls in love with vaudeville and movies. -
The family moves to Chicago, where Walt draws pictures for the Mckinley High School newspaper. Walt hopes to become a newspaper cartoonist. -
He joined forces with Ub Iwerks and formed a commercial artist company. However, the company failed after only a month. -
Walt moves to Hollywoood to become a director. With his brother, he establishes the Disney Brothers Studio when he lands a contract for a serie. -
Walt and Lillian get married. -
Walt creates MIckey Mouse and it was an instant hit. -
Three Little Pigs, the 36th "Silly Symphony", is distributed, with the original song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?". The song becomes a national hit. -
Lillian and Walt adopt Sharon Disney. -
After creating several "short" films, Walt decided to move ahead with full length films. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released. -
Disney Studios releases Dumbo. The animators at the studio strike and unionize. -
Disney released Cinderella, and it was an instant hit. It was their biggest sucess. -
Walt purchased land in Florida to build a theme park called Epcot. -
At the age of 66, Walt Disney died of lung cancer.
