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03-30-2008, 10:25 AM
Mar. 30, 1822 – The unified government of Florida was established with William P. Duval from Kentucky becoming the first Territorial Governor. (Florida had become a U.S. territory in 1821 after the U.S. acquired it from Spain as part of a deal to cancel $5 million in debts owed by the Spanish.)
Mar. 30, 1838 – Mary Richardson (Walt Disney’s paternal grandmother) was born in Ireland.
Mar. 30, 1889 –Character actor Herman Bing (the voice of the Ringmaster in Disney’s 1941 “Dumbo”) was born in Germany.
Mar. 30, 1913 – Disney animator Marc Davis, one of Walt’s “Nine Old Men” and who created the Disney characters, Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Tinker Bell, and Cruella de Vil was born in Bakersfield, Ca.
Mar. 30, 1930 – Actor John Astin, Bill Andrews in Disney’s 1976 film “Freaky Friday”, was born in Baltimore, Md.
Mar. 30, 1955 – At the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, Ca., Disney won 2 Oscars at the 27th Academy Awards for “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”.
Mar. 30, 1968 – Bobby Driscol, the voice of Peter Pan, was found dead by 2 children from an apparent drug overdose in New York City.
Mar. 30, 1968 – Singer Celine Dion, whose Duet “Beauty and the Beast” with Peabo Bryon which was released in 1992, was born in Quebec, Canada.
Mar. 30, 2007 – Disney’s newest animated feature “Meet the Robinsons,” featuring the voices of Tom Selleck, Laurie Metcalf, Angela Bassett, Nicole Sullivan, and Adam West, was released.
Mar. 30, 2007 – The late Roger Broggie, Walt Disney’s original imagineer, was honored with a window on Disneyland’s Main Street. A creative mechanical engineer, Broggie’s genius touched many attractions including the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad, The Disneyland Monorail, and the Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland. His window is located on the east side of Main Street USA above the Magic Shop.
Mar. 30, 1838 – Mary Richardson (Walt Disney’s paternal grandmother) was born in Ireland.
Mar. 30, 1889 –Character actor Herman Bing (the voice of the Ringmaster in Disney’s 1941 “Dumbo”) was born in Germany.
Mar. 30, 1913 – Disney animator Marc Davis, one of Walt’s “Nine Old Men” and who created the Disney characters, Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Tinker Bell, and Cruella de Vil was born in Bakersfield, Ca.
Mar. 30, 1930 – Actor John Astin, Bill Andrews in Disney’s 1976 film “Freaky Friday”, was born in Baltimore, Md.
Mar. 30, 1955 – At the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, Ca., Disney won 2 Oscars at the 27th Academy Awards for “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”.
Mar. 30, 1968 – Bobby Driscol, the voice of Peter Pan, was found dead by 2 children from an apparent drug overdose in New York City.
Mar. 30, 1968 – Singer Celine Dion, whose Duet “Beauty and the Beast” with Peabo Bryon which was released in 1992, was born in Quebec, Canada.
Mar. 30, 2007 – Disney’s newest animated feature “Meet the Robinsons,” featuring the voices of Tom Selleck, Laurie Metcalf, Angela Bassett, Nicole Sullivan, and Adam West, was released.
Mar. 30, 2007 – The late Roger Broggie, Walt Disney’s original imagineer, was honored with a window on Disneyland’s Main Street. A creative mechanical engineer, Broggie’s genius touched many attractions including the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad, The Disneyland Monorail, and the Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland. His window is located on the east side of Main Street USA above the Magic Shop.