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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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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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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney's first feature-length animated film, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
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Disneyland, the first Disney park, opened in Anaheim, California, to an invited audience on this day.
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Mary Poppins, the practically perfect tale directed by Robert Stevenson, about a magical English nanny, is released.
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The Disney Channel begins broadcasting with 18 hours of programming a day.
