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vizsla
05-15-2007, 05:43 AM
May 15, 1928 - First Mickey Mouse film Plane Crazy appeared at a theater on Sunset Blvd. In L.A.; at a cost of $1772.89 to make.
May 15, 1930 – Disney’s Mickey Mouse cartoon “The Cactus Kid” was released.
May 15, 1937 – Disney’s Silly Symphony cartoon “Little Hiawatha” was released.
May 15, 1952 – Actor Chazz Palminteri, the voice of Buster in Disney’s 2001 “Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure,” was born in N.Y.C.
May 15, 1974 – Card Walker (Disney president and chief operating officer) announced to a meeting of the American Marketing Association that Walt Disney Productions will be moving ahead “in a phased program” with the development of Walt Disney’s concept of Epcot. The process of taking Walt’s Epcot (a real city) apart and concocting something different with the pieces has begun.
May 15, 1988 – Disney aired “Captain EO Backstage” on television.
May 15, 1988 – Disney’s TV movie “Justin Case,” starring George Carlin, Molly Hagan, Timothy Stack, Kevin McClarnon, Douglas Sills, Gordon Jump, and Valerie Wildman, aired.
May 15, 1989 – The Disney Channel aired episode 16 of MMC. The musical group Was (not was) appeared on “Music Day” performing “Walk the Dinosaur.”
May 15, 1995 – The “California Grill” Restaurant opened on the top floor of the Contemporary Resort at WDW.
May 15, 1996 – The final purchase took place when Disney Sports Enterprises purchased the California Angels baseball team for $100 million and became Managing General Partner.

alpro2
05-15-2007, 06:30 AM
Thanks Vince! :thumbsup:

pogo
05-15-2007, 07:09 AM
Thanks Vince. :D

Caroleh
05-15-2007, 07:53 AM
Thanks, Vince!!! :thumbsup:

CanadianWDWFan
05-15-2007, 08:19 AM
Thanks Vince!:thumbsup:

Iago
05-15-2007, 08:34 AM
Thanks, Vince! :mickey:

scottgr
05-15-2007, 08:37 AM
thanks:mickey:

ibrowse17
05-15-2007, 09:58 AM
Happy birthday CG:thumbsup:

Jeff
05-15-2007, 10:15 AM
:thumbsup:

pdrlkr
05-15-2007, 03:19 PM
Thanks Vince! :thumbsup: :mickey:

Maleficent's Dad
05-15-2007, 03:45 PM
Thanks Vince.
Happy (real) birthday to the Mouse! :mickey:

Damon18
05-15-2007, 07:52 PM
Thanks Vince!:thumbsup: