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Walt Disney was born
Walt Disny was born in Chicago http://www.dlp.info/News/2009/07/walt-disney-at-phantom-manor/ -
Walt Disneys family moved
The Disney family moved to Kansas City after they sold their farm in Marceline, Missouri. This is when Walt started getting more interested in drawing. http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/d/disney/ -
Disney tried enlisting in Military Services
Walt dropped out of highschool to enlist in the military sevices but was rejceted because he was too young (16 at the time) so he joined the Red Cross and was sent over seas to France where he drove an ambulace -
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Disney opened Laught-O-Gram films
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The Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio started
Walt and Roy Disney started the Disney Brothers corperations www.waltdisney.org -
Disney Brothers Studios became Walt Disney Studios
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Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created Mickey Mouse at the Walt Disney Studios and is now one of the most recognizable characters in cartoon history http://topcartooncharacters.com/mickey-mouse/ -
Steamboat Willie
Steamboat Willie was the first cartoon relased with Mickey Mouse in it en.wikipedia.org -
Walt Disney won a Academy Award for Snow White
Snow White was his first full lenght animated film rachaelc94.blogspot.com -
Disneys workers went on strike
Disneys workers went on strike and demanded fair wages and job security http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/d/disney/images/large/disney1941strike.jpg -
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Disney ventured into live-action films
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Disney Land
The first Disneyland park opened but did not go as planned. the park was not fully set up and too many visitors showed up making it over crouded. https://www.designingdisney.com/content/grand-opening-disneyland
