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vizsla
06-05-2008, 05:21 AM
June 5, 1881 – Dr. Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren, industrialist financier, and Philanthropist, was born in Sweden. His company Alweg would be best remembered for developing the original Disneyland monorail.
June 5, 1905 – Actor John Abbott, the voice of the Wolf in Disney’s 1967 classic “The Jungle Book” was born in London.
June 5, 1925 – Actor-singer Bill Hayes, who earned a gold record for “The Ballad of Davy Crockett,” was born in Harvey, Il. He also had a minor follow up hit with “Wringle Wrangle,” from the 1956 Disney movie “Westward Ho, The Wagons.”
June 5, 1934 – Walt Disney Productions was granted a trademark of “Mickey Mouse” for use in books and comic strips.
June 5, 1957 – The Disney TV show aired “Antarctica-Operation Deepfreeze”
June 5, 1961 – Voice artist Mary Kay Bergman, whose talents can be heard in Disney’s “Mulan”, and “Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure”, was born.
June 5, 1972 – WDW’s “If You Had Wings”, sponsored by Eastern Airlines, opened in Tomorrowland in the Magic Kingdom. (Closed June 1, 1987)
June 5, 1976 – Actor Marc Worden, a member of the 90’s TV series MMC for seasons 3-7, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
June 5, 1987 – The Disney film “Benji the Hunted” had its initial release in Dallas, Tx. (General release was June 19, 1987)
June 5, 1988 – The Disney Channel Premiere film “Night Train to Kathmandu” aired.

buzz638
06-05-2008, 08:22 AM
Thanks Vince :thumbsup:

CanadianWDWFan
06-05-2008, 08:25 AM
Thanks Vince!:thumbsup:

scottgr
06-05-2008, 09:06 AM
Thanks :mickey:

Bethis26fan
06-05-2008, 10:32 AM
Thanks.

pdrlkr
06-05-2008, 12:22 PM
Thanks Vince! :thumbsup: :mickey:

ibrowse17
06-05-2008, 02:30 PM
Cool, thanks! I always enjoyed "If you had Wings" as a kid:thumbsup:

BluewaterBrad
06-05-2008, 04:05 PM
Thanks Vince!!:mickey:

alpro2
06-05-2008, 07:57 PM
Thanks Vince! :thumbsup:

Jeff
06-05-2008, 08:46 PM
:thumbsup:

pogo
06-05-2008, 08:56 PM
Thanks Vince. :D

PAYROLL PRINCESS
06-06-2008, 11:30 PM
Thanks Vince.