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Walter Elias Disney was born to Elias and Flora Disney in Hermosa, Illinois.
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Disney moved to Kansas City with his parents. This is where he grew to love trains. That summer he worked at a railroad where his uncle was a train engineer and he sold newspapers and snacks to travelers.
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Walt got a job from his brother Roy at Pesmen Rubin Art Studio. From there he worked at the Kansas City film company making commercials with animation. Because he liked it so much, he decided to open his own company and hired Fred Herman. The cartoons they produced were called Laugh-O-Grams. Because of the popularity, Disney accquired the name Laugh-O-Gram for his studio.
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Walt filed for bankruptsy and then moved to Hollywood, California with his brother Roy.
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The Disney brothers created their own studio with what little money they had. They hired a few employees and created a couple of short films including Oswald and the Alice comedies.
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Walt married one of his employees name Lilian Bounds.
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Walt decided to rename the Disney Bros Studio to Walt Disney Studios.
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Steamboat Willie is the first animated cartoon with sound in theaters and does phenomenal. This was essentially the birth of Mickey Mouse.
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Walt recieved his first Academy Award for the creation of Mickey Mouse.
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Walt and Lillian have their first child named Diane Marie Disney.
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Walt Disney's first full length movie is released to the public in Los Angeles and New York. Snow White grossed about $8 million and even won an Academy Award.
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Walt Disney made and released a number of films including Pinnochio, Dumbo, Fantasia, and Bambi. His best work since Snow White debuted also was released including Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Alice in Wonderland.
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Walts plans for an amusement park are finally finished. Disneyland Park opens to the public in Anahiem, California.
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Walt release Mary Poppins at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. This may be his most successful film with 13 Academy Award nominations.
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Walt reveals his plans to build another theme park in Florida. This one is called Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or EPCOT for short.
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Walt Disney dies at the age of 65 from an acute circulatory collapse.
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Roy Disney annouces that the park to be opened in Florida will officially be named Walt Disney World in honor of his brother.
