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He was suffering from typhoid fever, followed by pneumonia.
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Walt's famy Movied to Chicago after they sold the farm. they rented at 2706 East Thirty-first Street. hey stayed there until they bought their own simple Home in September, 1914. they were settled at 3028 Bellefontaine Street..
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Walt Diusney Graduates High School
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Walt works as a member of the American Ambulance Corps in France. Walt lied about his age to be accepted.
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Walt Disney moved back to Kansas City to pursue a career as a newspaper artist.
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Walt & Ub work for the Kansas City Slide Company.
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the studio had become burdened with debt, and Disney was forced to declare bankruptcy.
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The Disney Brothers and Harman relocated to California, and there the three began the disney brothers studio.
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Walt Disney Studios authorized to make "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" series. All rights were sold to Mintz distribution. When costs became to high, Walt wanted to end distribution. As a result, "Oswald" becomes Mintz's own, and Mintz takes Walt's best animator, Ub Iwerks.
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Walt, on a train ride, develops Mickey Mouse and along with Ub Iwerks creates a new cartoon, "Plane Crazy." Audiences were in love with the mouse. "Steamboat Willie," the third cartoon is created.
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"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is seen by the public in Los Angeles. It makes a 3 week run at Radio City Music Hall, then some New York theaters."Snow White" grosses $8 million and wins an Academy Award.
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WWII was brought on by Germany.
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alt Disney agreed with the US government to develop 32 animated shorts.
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"Cinderella" debuts and is well accepted, the first hit for Disney Studios since "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
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Plans for Disneyland park and tv show are announced. Walt states that the tv series would begin in October, 1954 and the park would open in July, 1955. The tv show would be paterned after the different "lands" of Disneyland.
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Disneyland opens as invitation only, given to studio workers, construction workers, the press and officials of company sponsors. Tickets to the grand opening are counterfeited and 30,000 people enter the park. Rides break down and park stands run out of food & drink.
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Walt Disney sends his brother, Roy, and afew other Disney executives to Florida, to purchase land for a Community of Tomorrow.
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Walt gives a press conference, and describes his plans for building an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, EPCOT.
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Walt Disney dies at 9:35 a.m. from an Acute Circulatory Collapse.
