WALT DISNEY

Birth

Dec 7, 1901

WALTER ELIAS DISNEY BORN IN CHICAGO ILLINOIS

Moves to Missouri

Nov 16, 1906

He lives most of his life in MO, later moves to Kansas City. He attends an Art Institute in Kansas City.

Graduation

Jun 8, 1917

Walt graduates Benton high school

Walt Disney Production

Oct 16, 1923

moves to california to open this place with help from his brother

Laugh-O-Gram Goes Bankrupt

Nov 16, 1923

Walt had helped open this studio in 1920 with a friend~

First Studio

Feb 23, 1924

Walt hires the first animator, Rollin Hamilton and moves into a small store with a window bearing "Disney Bros. Studio."

Lillian Bounds

Apr 4, 1925

Walt meets Lillian Bounds, hired by the Studios as an inker. Walt recalled "I couldn't afford to pay her, so I married her!"

Wedding

Jul 13, 1925

He gets married to Lillian Bounds

Walt Disney Studios

Feb 14, 1926

Walt renames the studio to the "Walt Disney Studio."

Birthday of a very special mouse

Jan 16, 1928

Most popular chrachter made by disney, it is still very popular today, this mouse sparked Disney's fame.

Mickey Mouse

Jul 10, 1928

Walt develops Mickey Mouse and along with Ub Iwerks creates a new cartoon, "Plane Crazy." Audiences were in love with the mouse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HixqAbtAfNg

first sound animation

Nov 18, 1928

"Steamboat Willie" opens at the Colon Theater in New York. Billed as "the first animated cartoon with sound," it gets rave reviews."

Mickey Mouse Club

Jul 6, 1931

Reaches 1 million members. Walt suffers from a nervous break down

Mickey and Minnie toys

Feb 2, 1932

Herman Kamen, a Kansas City advertising man, signs a contract to represent the Walt Disney Studios. He licenses Lionel Corporation for merchandising Mickey and Minnie toy trains. 253,000 toys were sold in 4 months

Goofy

Sep 26, 1932

Goofy makes 1st appearance

Donald Duck

Dec 21, 1932

Donald Ducks debut in The Wise Little Hen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5dowCyaP7I&feature=related
2:11

First child

Dec 18, 1933

Lilly gave birth to a daughter, Diane Marie Disney, on December 18, 1933.

Pop-eye the sailor

Feb 7, 1937

In 1935, opinion polls showed that another cartoon series, Popeye the Sailor, produced by Max Fleischer, was more popular than Mickey Mouse

Snow White

Nov 17, 1937

The first feature-length film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs wins an Academy Award.

Dumbo

Sep 28, 1940

Dumbo, Pinocchio and Fantasia movies released.

Strike

Dec 5, 1940

Disney animators stage a strike of the Disney Studios

Academy Awards

Nov 8, 1941

Wins an Academy Award for Best Song and Best Score for Pinocchio.

Disney Land

Nov 17, 1955

Disney Lands opens!
"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." -Walt Disney

Bad news

Nov 2, 1966

during pre-surgery X-rays, doctors at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center across the street from the Disney Studio discovered that Disney—for many years a chain smoker—had an enormous tumor on his left lung.

Death

Nov 16, 1966

He died on December 15, 1966 at 9:30 a.m., ten days after his 65th birthday. He was cremated on December 17, 1966 and his ashes reside at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Roy O. Disney continued to carry out the Florida project, insisting that the name be changed to Walt Disney World in honor of his brother.

video

Apr 18, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d03lboqhk9c&feature=relmfu