Disney Economic Timeline

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  • Walter Disney is born

  • Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists is formed

  • Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists fails after a month

  • Laugh-O-Gram Films is formed with 15,000 dollars from backers

  • Laugh-O-Gram Films goes bankrupt

  • Walt and his brother Roy establish Disney Brother Studios

  • Disney Brothers Studios is renamed Walt Disney Studios

  • Mickey Mouse merchandising is licensed

  • Disney acquires exclusive rights to technicolor

  • 600,000 shares of Disney stock are issued at 5 dollars a stock

  • Fantasia is released

  • Dumbo is released

  • Buena Vista Film Distribution is formed by Disney

  • The Living Desert is Released

  • Disney is contracted by ABC to produce a one hour TV Program

  • Disney Executives are sent to Florida to purchase land for a 'Community of Tomorrow'

  • Walt Disney Dies

  • Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida

  • US copyright laws are changes so that Disney retains rights to Mickey Mouse

  • Dumbo becomes the first animated Disney home video release

  • The Coca-Cola Company has an unsuccessful buyout attempt for Disney

  • Tron is released

  • Tokyo Disneyland opens as the first International theme park

  • Studio escapes a buyout attempt from Saul Steinberg, resulting in removal and replacement of CEO/president of Disney

  • Studio begins producing cartoons for television

  • Touchstone Television is founded

  • First Disney store opens in California

  • Disneyland in Paris, France opens

  • Acquires Capital Cities/ABC (ESPN) for $19 billion

  • Purchases rights to The Muppets

  • Acquires Pixar for $7.4 billion

  • Bolt is released

  • Acquires Marvel Entertainment for $4.0 billion

  • Acquires Lucasfilm for $4.1 billion

  • Thor: Ragnarok is released