Walt Disney

  • Birth

    Birth

    The Walt was born.
  • Military

    Military

    Walt joins the army to fight in WWI.
  • Laugh-O-Gram

    Laugh-O-Gram

    Walt creates his first animation studio, Laugh-O-Gram.
  • Laugh-O-Gram Bankruptcy

    Laugh-O-Gram Bankruptcy

    Laugh-Gram goes bankrupt, and Walt moves to Chicago.
  • Disney Bros Is Created

    Disney Bros Is Created

    Walt Disney creates Disney Bros with his brother in Chicago.
  • Walt Gets Married

    Walt Gets Married

    Walt gets married to his wife Lillian Disney.
  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie

    An innovative cartoon that synchronizes animation and sound, also the introduction of the iconic, Mickey Mouse.
  • Silly Symphonies

    Silly Symphonies

    Walt Disney created silly symphonies, which mixed cartoons with music.
  • Walt Wins an Honorary Academy Award

    Walt Wins an Honorary Academy Award

    Walt Disney got an Academy award for Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, that came with one full size award, and seven smaller sized ones.
  • Fantasia

    Fantasia

    One of Disney's most experimental and unique animations, even to this day, blended animated imagery and classical music.
  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    Disney Releases its first live action movie "Treasure Island".
  • Disneyland

    Disneyland

    Disneyland is created.
  • The Release of Mary Poppins

    The Release of Mary Poppins

    Mary Poppins, one of Disney's biggest successes.
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Presidential Medal of Freedom Presented to Walt Disney by President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House.
  • Walt Dies

    Walt Dies

    Walt Disney dies of lung cancer.