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Walter Elias is the fourth brother to be born into the Disney family.
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Walt graduates from Benton High School.
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Walt and Ub work for the Kansas City Slide Company and proceeds to name the films "Laugh-O-grams."
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Walt quits Film Ad and resigns himself to bankruptcy. He then moves to Hollywood in hopes to become a director.
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Walt and Roy (his brother) sign a contract with M.J. Winkler, a New York cartoon distributor. He hires his first official animator and moves into a small store named "Disney Bros. Studio."
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On a train ride, Walt creates Mickey Mouse and goes on to develop the cartoon, "Steamboat Willie." In order to make this cartoon more unique, he pursues New York film companies to record the cartoon with sound which it becomes award winning.
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The Mickey Mouse Club house reaches over a million members and is now known in every civilized country.
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Walt announces that "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" will be the first feature film. In 1937, the film is seen by the public in Los Angeles and goes on to win an Academy Award.
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Construction for amusement park begins in Anaheim, California. Competition couldn't comprehend Walt's concept of a "theme park," and became skeptical of his his plan.
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Gates officially opened July 17th with 18 attractions available to the public. The five original lands were Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, and Main Street USA.
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Disneyland introduces the world to audio-animatronic characters with the opening of the Enchanted Tiki Room.
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In November 1966, Walt was diagnosed with lung cancer and later died of Circulatory Collapse. To this day, his legacy lives on as Disney continues to grow and live through the hearts of many.
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Walt Disney World, located in Florida, opens as the first full-scale vacation resort and the largest privately funded project known to man. It begins with one theme park, Magic Kingdom, two resort hotels and 43 sq. miles of additional land and water space.
