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Born to Elias and Flora Call Disney.
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Disney was a cartoonist for the school newspaper.
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He had to lie about his age to get into the military.
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"Steamboat Willy" was released on this day from Walt Disney Studio.It was the first animated cartoon with sound! After failing on the first project, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt hopes that Mickey would be a hit.
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Flowers and trees was the name of the first production in which Walt's studio won their first Academy Award.
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Diane is still alive to this day and has had 5 children.
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She died at age 57 in 1993.
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It earned over 8 million dollars.
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It was a big hit since Cinderella.
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On July 17th Disney made a speech, "To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past .... and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America ... with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world." That is the introduction of the speech.
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Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Christina Aguilera were on the show.
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Disney was planning to bulid another theme park located a few miles west of Orlando, Florida which he would call Disney World.
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After much more work on the park and many more movies released, President Johnson presents Walt with the Medal of Freedom. This is the nation's highest civil honor.
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Walt Disney died from lung cancer.