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10-20-2008, 05:16 AM
Oct. 20, 1901 – Composer Frank Churchill, whose music appears in such Disney classics as “Peter Pan,” “Dumbo,” and “Bambi,” was born in Rumford, Maine.
Oct. 20, 1922 – Actor John Anderson, the voice of Mark Twain and Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Epcot’s American Adventure attraction, was born in Clayton, Il.
Oct. 20, 1924 – Disney’s Alice Comedy, “Alice Gets in Dutch” was shown at the Piccadilly Theatre on Broadway in N.Y.C. It is the first time an Alice Comedy is screened in a first-run Broadway theater.
Oct. 20, 1931 – Disney’s Silly Symphony cartoon “The Fox Hunt” was released.
Oct. 20, 1935 – Actor Jerry Orbach, the voice of Lumiere in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” was born in N.Y.C.
Oct. 20, 1955 – Composer Thomas Newman, who scored the original music for the 2003 “Finding Nemo,” was born in Los Angeles, Ca.
Oct. 20, 1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club aired the episode “Today is Circus Day” on ABC-TV.
Oct. 20, 1963 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the 1st Hollywood Museum took place. Rosalind Russell, Jack Warner, Gene Autry, and Walt Disney were present. (The museum would never be built.)
Oct. 20, 1963 – The Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color TV show aired “The Wahoo Bobcat.”
Oct. 20, 1965 – As Disney has purchased much of the land needed to build the new Florida theme park/resort, news of the project was leaked to the Orlando Sentinel.
Oct. 20, 1922 – Actor John Anderson, the voice of Mark Twain and Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Epcot’s American Adventure attraction, was born in Clayton, Il.
Oct. 20, 1924 – Disney’s Alice Comedy, “Alice Gets in Dutch” was shown at the Piccadilly Theatre on Broadway in N.Y.C. It is the first time an Alice Comedy is screened in a first-run Broadway theater.
Oct. 20, 1931 – Disney’s Silly Symphony cartoon “The Fox Hunt” was released.
Oct. 20, 1935 – Actor Jerry Orbach, the voice of Lumiere in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” was born in N.Y.C.
Oct. 20, 1955 – Composer Thomas Newman, who scored the original music for the 2003 “Finding Nemo,” was born in Los Angeles, Ca.
Oct. 20, 1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club aired the episode “Today is Circus Day” on ABC-TV.
Oct. 20, 1963 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the 1st Hollywood Museum took place. Rosalind Russell, Jack Warner, Gene Autry, and Walt Disney were present. (The museum would never be built.)
Oct. 20, 1963 – The Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color TV show aired “The Wahoo Bobcat.”
Oct. 20, 1965 – As Disney has purchased much of the land needed to build the new Florida theme park/resort, news of the project was leaked to the Orlando Sentinel.