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Start of Disney company

Oct 16, 1923

Walt signed a contract with M. J. Winkler to produce a series of Alice Comedies — this date is considered the start of the Disney company first known as The Disney Brothers Studio.

First Cartoon released

Sep 25, 1927

Release of the first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles.

First color

Jul 30, 1932

Flowers and Trees, first full-color cartoon and first Academy Award winner, is released.

First feature-length

Dec 21, 1937

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney's first feature-length animated film, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.

Live action feature

Jul 19, 1950

Treasure Island, Disney's first completely live-action feature, is released.

Walt dies

Dec 15, 1966

Walt Disney, the visionary whose pioneering spirit and inimitable creativity made the impossible possible, turning dreams into reality and building the foundation of The Walt Disney Company of today, dies at age 65.

Resort opens

Oct 1, 1971

Walt Disney World Resort opens with the Magic Kingdom and two hotels near Orlando, Florida.

co owner dies

Dec 20, 1971

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

Disney channel

Apr 18, 1983

The Disney Channel begins broadcasting with 18 hours of programming a day.

First broadway show

Apr 18, 1994

Beauty and the Beast, the first Disney Broadway show, opens in New York.

100th anniversary

Dec 5, 2001

December 5, 2001 100th anniversary of Walt Disney’s birth.