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Disney

  • "Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio" is founded

    "Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio" is founded
    Disney is created by Walt and Roy Disney.
  • Walt creates Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

    Walt creates Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
    Walt Disney helps create Oswald with Ub Iwerks but is fired from the project.
  • First Mickey Mouse Cartoon

    First Mickey Mouse Cartoon
    and also the first ever apperance of Minnie Mouse
  • First Mickey Mouse Comic Strips

    First Mickey Mouse Comic Strips
  • Flowers and Trees

    Flowers and Trees
    This first color cartoon wind the first ever Academy Award
  • First apperance of Donald Duck

    First apperance of Donald Duck
    In the little wise hen the first apperance of donald duck is released.
  • Snow White

    Snow White
    First feature animated film about Snow White
  • Disney first stock

    Disney first stock
    Disney issues first stock
  • Fantasia

    Fantasia
    One of Disney Classic is released
  • DisneyLand Park is opened

    DisneyLand Park is opened
    The first guests were Kristine Vess and her cousin Michael Schwartner, ages 5 and 7.
  • Mickey Club House

    Mickey Club House
    Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is released on T.V.
  • Tiki Room

    Tiki Room
    Enchanted Tiki Room opens at Disneyland using the first ever Audio-Animatronics in a amusement park
  • Mary Poppins

    Mary Poppins
    The iconic release of a well known movie Mary Poppins is debut in late August.
  • Walter Disney Dies

    Walter Disney Dies
    Age 65 Walter Disney dies and makes headlines everywhere.
  • Disney World

    Disney World
    Walt Disney World Resort opens with the Magic Kingdom and two hotels near Orlando, Florida
  • Roy O' Disney dies

    Roy O' Disney dies
    Roy O. Disney, who, with younger brother Walt Disney, co-founded the company that is known as The Walt Disney Company, passes away.
  • Walt Disney Village

    Walt Disney Village
    outdoor mall is added to Disneyland
  • Disney Channel is created

    Disney Channel is created
    The Disney Channel is launched in America.
  • First Disney Dollar

    First Disney Dollar
    Disney Dollars sold at Disneyland.
  • Beauty And The Beast

    Beauty And The Beast
    First broadway production
  • Disney purchases ABC

    Disney purchases ABC
    Disney agrees to purchase Capital Cities/ABC for $19 billion.
  • Lion King appears on Broadway

    Lion King appears on Broadway
    The Lion King movie gets a debut on broadway. It was the sixth-longest-running broadway production.
  • 100th Anniversary for Disney

    100th Anniversary for Disney
    100th anniversary of Disney
  • Disney buys Pixar

    Disney buys Pixar
    Disney obtains Pixar for $7.4 billion.
  • Oswald is owned again by Walt Disney Studios

    Oswald is owned again by Walt Disney Studios
    Universal Studios gives Oswald the Lucky Rabbit back to Walt Disney Studios.
  • Disney Jr.

    Disney Jr.
    Disney debuts "Playhouse Disney", later changed to Disney Junior
  • Disney creates blockbuster "Frozen"

    Disney creates blockbuster "Frozen"
    Movie generates a Worldwide Gross of $1,267,838,009