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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.
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Release of the first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles.
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Steamboat Willie is released at the Colony Theatre in New York -- this marks the release of the very first Mickey Mouse cartoon, and the first appearance by Minnie Mouse.
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Mickey Mouse comic strip debuts.
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Flowers and Trees, first full-color cartoon and first Academy Award winner, is released.
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The Wise Little Hen, the first appearance of Donald Duck, is released.
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The Band Concert, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon in color, is released.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney's first feature-length animated film, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
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The Disney Studio begins its move to Burbank, California, from the Hyperion Studio in Los Angeles.
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Walt Disney Productions issues its first stock.
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Disney releases one of its highly regarded classics, Fantasia.
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Walt Disney Music Company is formed.
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Treasure Island, Disney's first completely live-action feature, is released.
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Peter Pan, based on characters created by Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie, is released.
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Emmy Award-winning Disneyland television show airs on ABC, starring Walt Disney.
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Disneyland, the first Disney park, opened in Anaheim, California, to an invited audience on this day. The first guests were Kristine Vess and her cousin Michael Schwartner, ages 5 and 7.
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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.
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