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vizsla
08-31-2007, 05:14 AM
Aug. 31, 1938 – Walt and Roy Disney placed a $10,000 deposit on a 51-acre property on Buena Vista street in Burbank, Ca.This land would be used for a new studio.
Aug. 31, 1948 – Walt Disney circulated a memo in his studio describing ideas for an amusement park, which he calls “Mickey Mouse Park.”
Aug. 31, 1951 – Disney’s Goofy cartoon “Get Rich Quick” was released.
Aug. 31, 1964 – The Dapper Dans Sang at the ground-breaking ceremony for the $24 million Anaheim Stadium. They sang “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” with Mrs. Jack Norworth, the widow of the composer.
Aug. 31, 1973 – Ward Kimball (one of Walt’s Nine Old Men) officially retired.
Aug. 31, 1998 – The syndicated show “Disney’s Hercules” premiered on TV with the episode “Hercules and the Apollo Mission.”
Aug. 31, 2001 – The Lizzie McGuire Episode “Lizzie Strikes Out” debuted on the Disney Channel.
Aug. 31, 2004 – Disney’s “The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride Special Edition” was released on DVD.
Aug. 31, 2004 – “Disney’s Swim with the Stars” tour began at WDW. America’s first-ever eight-time medallist Michael Phelps and his gold medallist teammates Lenny Krayzelburg and Ian Crocker meet and swim with young American swimming stars of tomorrow. (After a 12-city run, the tour will finish up at the Disneyland Resort in California.
Aug. 31, 2005 – The Walt Disney Co. announced it will pledge $2.5 million to aid relief and rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

alpro2
08-31-2007, 07:26 AM
Thanks Vince! :thumbsup:

CanadianWDWFan
08-31-2007, 07:49 AM
Thanks Vince!:thumbsup:

pogo
08-31-2007, 08:07 AM
Thanks Vince.:D

poeticeclipse
08-31-2007, 10:48 AM
Thank you, Vince!!!

ibrowse17
08-31-2007, 11:48 AM
Cool, thank you:thumbsup:

GrmGrninGost
08-31-2007, 08:39 PM
:mickey: Awesome! :thumbsup:

Caroleh
09-01-2007, 04:12 PM
Thanks, Vince!!! :thumbsup:

Mickey91
09-02-2007, 02:06 PM
Great Info! Thanks Vince!:mickey: