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vizsla
03-09-2008, 07:53 AM
Mar. 9, 1911 – Animator John Lounsbery, one of Walt’s “Nine Old Men”, who contributed to Fantasia, Cinderella, and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, was born in Ohio.
Mar. 9, 1955 – Disney aired the 1st of a 3-part series on ABC titled “Man in Space”, the next 2 episodes were “Man and the Moon”, and “Mars and Beyond”.
Mar. 9, 1975 – The Disney TV show aired “The Footloose Goose.”
Mar. 9, 1980 – Disney’s 2-hour TV movie “The Kids Who Knew Too Much” aired.
Mar. 9, 1984 – Touchtone Pictures, part of the Disney Family, released its 1st film, “Splash”, directed by Ron Howard, and starred, Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, and John Candy.
Mar. 9, 1986 – Actress Brittany Snow, who appeared in Disney’s 2005 comedy feature “The Pacifier,” was born in Tampa, Fl. She also took part in the short-lived TV series Walt Disney World Inside Out.
Mar. 9, 1994 – Previews began for Disney’s newest Broadway stage show “Beauty and the Beast.” (Opening night will be Apr. 18.)
Mar. 9. 1994 – The Disney/Touchstone film “The Ref” had its initial release in Los Angeles and New York. (General release was Mar. 11, 1994)
Mar. 9, 2005 – It was reported that the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park (set to open in Sept. 2005) has already booked 10,000 room reservations for its hotel since it opened a customer call center 3 weeks ago.
Mar. 9, 2006 – Movie fans caught a sneak peak of Pixar’s new computer animated feature “Cars.” Disney offered the World Premiere of the new theatrical trailer on a variety of broadcast outlets, basic cable channels, internet sites, and in person at the Disney Theme Parks, ESPN Zones, Disney Stores, and on the ABC SuperSign in Times Square in N.Y.C. (Cars is scheduled for a June 9th release.)

Jeff
03-09-2008, 09:03 AM
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droopy d.
03-09-2008, 10:03 AM
Thank you!

ibrowse17
03-09-2008, 10:04 AM
Cool, thanks:thumbsup:

RedheadWriter
03-09-2008, 10:25 AM
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GrmGrninGost
03-09-2008, 12:01 PM
I just love the info! :mickey:

dumbo ears
03-09-2008, 12:16 PM
thanks for the info!:thumbsup:

Bethis26fan
03-09-2008, 03:46 PM
Thanks.

pdrlkr
03-09-2008, 05:08 PM
Thanks Vince! :thumbsup: :mickey:

alpro2
03-10-2008, 07:08 AM
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BluewaterBrad
03-10-2008, 05:15 PM
Thanks Vince!!:mickey: