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vizsla
06-24-2007, 06:36 AM
June 24, 1984 – The Disney TV series “Big Bands at Disneyland” began airing on the Disney Channel. (Consisted of 12 episodes)
June 24, 1993 – The Train Station in Discoveryland, part of the “Euro Disneyland Railroad opened at Disneyland Paris.
June 24, 1994 – Disney’s “The Lion King” featuring music by Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and Tim Rice, and featured the voices of Nathan Lane, Jonathon Taylor Thomas, Jeremy Irons, Matthew Broderick, and James Earl Jones, was generally released in U.S. theaters.
June 24, 1994 – The “Electric Umbrella” fast food facility opened in Innoventions East at Epcot in WDW.
June 24, 1998 – Jacqueline D’Ambrosi, a 9-year-old from Woodcliff Lake, N.J., became WDW’S 600-millionth person to walk through the turnstiles of the Magic Kingdom at 7:37am.
June 24, 1998 – At Disneyland Paris, a number of parade and show cast members went on strike over pay and recognition. (The strikers would return to work in mid-July without achieving their goals.)
June 24, 2002 – The June 24th issue of TIME magazine included an article on Disney’s animated feature “Lilo & Stitch.”
June 24, 2003 – Disney’s direct-to-video sequel “Air Bud Spikes Back” was released.
June 24, 2005 – The Disney/Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group movie “Herbie: Fully Loaded” was released.
June 24, 2005 – Paul Winchell, the voice of Tigger, passed away at age 82 in Ca. A versatile ventriloquest who became a fixture in early children’s television along with his dummies Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff, Winchell first became the lovable Tigger in 1968 for Disney’s “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.”

alpro2
06-24-2007, 07:42 AM
Thanks Vince! :thumbsup:

pogo
06-24-2007, 08:40 AM
Thanks Vince. :D

Maleficent's Dad
06-24-2007, 09:16 AM
Thanks, Vince! :mickey:

ibrowse17
06-24-2007, 09:32 AM
Thank you:thumbsup:

pdrlkr
06-24-2007, 09:38 AM
Thanks Vince! :thumbsup: :mickey:

GrmGrninGost
06-24-2007, 04:45 PM
:mickey:Cool!

Caroleh
06-24-2007, 04:48 PM
Thanks, Vince!!!! :thumbsup:

Namine'
06-24-2007, 08:17 PM
Thanks Vince:thumbsup:

scottgr
06-24-2007, 09:10 PM
Thanks :thumbsup: