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In Chicago to Elias and Flora
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Disney familiy moved to Missouri because the family wanted a nicer area to raise their family
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Elias Disney sold the Missouri farm because he needed money and had poor health. He moved his family Kansas City after buying a newspaper route. Walt helped his dad deliver newspapers.
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Walt graduates from Benton Grammer School in Kansas CIty. Elias invested in a fruit juice and jelly company and moves family back to Chicago. Walt begins attending classes at The Chicago Institute of Art.
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Walt lied about his age and joined the Red Cross as an ambulance driver during World War I and is sent to France.
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Walt follows his dreams as an artist and begins working at UB Iwwerks in Kansas City. His brother Roy helped him get the job.
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These cartoon become very popular in Kansas City. Walt and several friends created a company called Laugh-O-Grams. The artists made short films using stop motion annimation. Mickey Mouse and Alice in Wonderland were thought of during this timeThe company went bankrupt in 1923.
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Walt moves to Hollywood to create a cartoon studio with his brother Roy where Alice was featured in several comedy cartoons.
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Lillian worked for Walt and they married in Lewiston, ID. Lillian made her own dress. Walt was 23 and Lillian was 26 years old.
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Trolley Troubles was released and was a huge hit. Walt found out a year later in New York that his business partner sold the character to Universal Studios. Walt was so angry and came up with a new character named Mortimer Mouse.
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Steamboat Willie is realeased and stars Mickey Mouse. Orginally called Mortimer Mouse, Walt's wife Lillian did not like the name Mortimer.
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Walt Disney receives a special award for Mickey Mouse and one for a short color film called Silly Symphonies "Flowers and Trees".
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Diane was Walt's first daughter.
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Best Animated Short Film for Silly Symphonies: Three Little Pigs
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Best Short Film for Silly Symphonies: The Tortoise and the Hare
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Best Animated Short Film for Silly Symphonies: Three Orphan Kittens
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The Disney's could not have anymore children so they adopted Sharon right after she was born.
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Best Animated Short Film for Silly Symphonies: The Country Cousin
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Best Short Animated Film for Silly Symphonies: The Old Mill
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Best Short Animated Film for Ferdinand the Bull and and Honorary Award for Creating Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. For Snow White, he received one statuette and seven miniture statuettes on a stepped base.
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Best Animated Short Film for Silly Symphonies: The Ugly Duckling
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Best Animated Short Film for Lend a Paw, Honorary Award for Fantasia, Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Walt Disney
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Best Animated Short Film for Der Fuehrer's Face
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Best Live Action Short Film Two Reel for Seal Island
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TV special is called "One Hour in Wonderland".
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Best Live Action Film Two Reel for In Beaver Valley
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Best Short Subject Two Reel for Nature's Half Acre
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Best Live Action Short Film Two Reel for Water Birds
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Best Animated Short Film for Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, Best Documentary Feature for The Living Desert, Best Documentary Short for The Alaskan Eskimo, Best Live Action Short Fim Two Reel for Bear Country
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Best Documentary Feature for The Vanishing Prairie
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Walt opens Disneyland in Anaheim, CA
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Best Documentary Short for Men Against the Arctic
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Best Live Action Short for Grand Canyon
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30,000 Acres of land are puchased by 1965 for Epcot and Walt Disney World. DisneyWorld opened on October 1, 1971, almost 5 years after Walt Disney died.
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This was to celebrate Walt and Lillian's 41st Wedding Anniversary and included children and grandchildren. Walt wasn't feeling very well during the cruise.
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Walt Disney dies before seeing Disney World in Florida open.
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Best Animated Short for Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. This was awarded after Walter Elias Disney Died on December 15, 1966
