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Walt Disney's Birth
Walt was born into a relaxed farm life on December 5, 1901. -
Walt Disney makes his first painting
At age 6, Walt painted a pig, using tar, on the side of his house. -
Walt Disney and Doc Sherwood
Walt made friends with Doctor Sherwood and accopanyed him on his rounds. The Doc asked him to paint a picture of his horse, and the two became good friends. -
Walt Returns to His Family
Walt grow up and left his family, but in 1917, he rejoined them in Chicago just as America joined World War one. -
Walt and the Job of Relief Mailman
Walt applied for a job as a relief mailman, but was rejeted. He returned after disguising himself to make him look like he was 18. He was accepted, and would have to walk the routes of older mailan. Soon after, he was asked to drive a mail truck. He drove that for a little while. But things became really difficult when he was asked to drive a horse drawn wagon is downtown Chicago. -
Walt goes off to War
Walt applied to enter the army and the navy. After several failed attempts, he managed to enter the Red Cross as an Ambulance Driver. He was shipped off to France by the end of the year. -
Walt and the Art Companies
When Walt returned from his job in the Red Cross, he declared that he would become an artist. He was hired by Gray Advertising first, but was than laid off. Another young artist that had been laid off by the company, Ub Iwerks, decided that he and Walt would create their own artwork and creating art for companies that didn't, or couldn't, have an art staff. -
Walt Invents Mickey Mouse
Walt was tricked. One of his most famous cartoons, Oswald, was stolen from him, and almost all of his staff were hired for the company that snatched the rabbit away from the Disneys. But on the way home from New York, he thought of a new idea. Mickey Mouse. He got to work on it right away. -
Mickey Mouse Becomes World Renowned
Mickey Mouse became famous all over the world. -
Alice in Cartoonland
Over the past few years, Walt hadn't been doing very well with his businness. At least, until he made Alice in Cartoonland. Than he started to make some money. But, in 1927, he realized that he had pushed Alice as far as he could. So he created Oswold, the happy, positive rabbit. -
The Silly Syphonies
Walt invented entertaining films called, "The Silly Syphonies." The first of these was called, "The Skeleton Dance." -
Walt Uses Color
Color in films had by then been invented. Walt and the Disney Studios signed a contract with Technicolors and, in no time, had a hundred employees pumping out colored cartoons for Mickey Mouse and the Silly Syphonies. -
Walt and the Three Little Pigs
Walt invens a cartoon about the three little pigs. It quickly becomes popular all over the country. -
Diane
Walt and Lilly had their first child, Diane. -
Snow White
Walt and the Disney Studio begin working on making a feature leangth cartoon out of the old fairy tale, Snow White. -
Sharon
Walt and Lilly had their second child, Sharon. -
The Disney Studios and World War 1
World War One began. The goverment took control of the Disney Studios, after he had created Pinocchio, Bambi, and than Fantasia, none of them proving as profitable and popular as Snow White. -
Seal Island
Walt and the Disney Studios decided to film live animals in their habitats. The first of these movies was called Seal Island. It was a huge success. Several other films about nature and animals rapidly followed. -
Walt and the WW1 Cartoons
WW1 began in 1941. The goverment took control of Walt's studio, and asked him to work on films to train soldiers, spark defience against the Nazis, create peace in South America, and convince people to pay their income taz. He worked hard on these films, until the War ended in 1945 and he got his studio back. -
Disneyland
Disneyland opened. -
Walt dies
Walt dies, at the age of 65.