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vizsla
01-05-2009, 05:09 AM
Jan. 5, 1999 – Disney’s animated feature “The Rescuers” and the new short “Pluto Gets the Paper: Bubble Gum” were released together on video.
Jan. 5, 2003 - Television’s animated family “The Simpson’s” visited a Florida theme park called EFCOT.
Jan. 5, 2003 - Cinderella’s Gala Feast Character dinner opened at 1900 Park Fare in the Grand Floridian.
Jan. 5, 2004 – The 2003 Annie Award Nominations, presented by the International Animated Film Society, were announced. Disney nominees included Disney/Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” (with multiple nominations), “Brother Bear”, “Jungle Book 2,” “101 Dalmatians,” “Destino,” “Piglet’s Big Movie,” and “Stitch! The Movie.” (Winners would be announced on Feb. 7, 2004)
Jan. 5, 2004 – Disney’s new Broadway musical “On The Record” made its debut in Philadelphia, Pa.
Jan. 5, 2005 – Disney’s Phil of the Future (Which has aired on the Disney Channel in the U.S. since June 2004) debuted in Canada on the Family Channel.
Jan. 5, 2005 – “The Incredibles” were nominated for best movie of the year by the Producers Guild of America. (Animated features are seldom given for this honor.)
Jan. 5, 2005 – The 13th annual Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend kicked off at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. On a somber note, William Kane, a 43-year-old Arizona man who participated in the half-marathon, collapsed after he crossed the finish line, and later died at Celebration Hospital.
Jan. 5, 2007 – A stage version of “High School Musical” premiered in Minneapolis at the Children’s Theater Company’s Cargill Stage. It was the first professional version of the show to ever be staged.
Jan. 5, 2007 – Emma Walter Hamilton, daughter of Disney Legend Julie Andrews, appeared at the “Writer’s Stop” at the Disney-MGM Studios to hand sign her latest book “The Great American Mousical.”

CanadianWDWFan
01-05-2009, 07:51 AM
Thanks Vince!:thumbsup:

pdrlkr
01-05-2009, 10:01 AM
Thanks Vince! :thumbsup: :mickey:

Bethis26fan
01-05-2009, 10:48 AM
Thanks. :mickey: