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This date is considered the start of the Disney company first known as The Disney Brothers Studio.
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Mickey Mouse comic strip debuts.
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The first Mickey Mouse cartoon in colour is released
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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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Disneyland television show airs on ABC
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Mickey Mouse Club debuts on television.
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Walt Disney World Resort opens with the Magic Kingdom and two hotels near Orlando
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Tokyo Disneyland, the first international Disney theme park, opens in Japan.
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The Disney Channel begins broadcasting
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The first Disney Store opens, in Glendale, California.
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The Walt Disney Company joins the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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Hyperion Books, a Disney publishing company, releases its first book, Amazing Grace.
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Euro Disneyland, the first Disney theme park in Europe, which was later renamed Disneyland Paris, opens
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Beauty and the Beast, the first Disney Broadway show, opens in New York.
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Disney Interactive, a division first intended to develop, market, and distribute cartridge games and CD-ROM software, is formed
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Disney agrees to purchase Capital Cities/ABC for $19 billion.
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Disney Online, a division of Disney Interactive created to develop The Walt Disney Company's online presence, is formed.
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The Disney Channel begins operation in the UK.
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Disney acquires Fox Family Channel and renames it ABC Family.
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Disney acquires Baby Einstein, a company that creates products that bring the arts and humanities to babies.
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Hong Kong Disneyland opens