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05-17-2010, 05:03 AM
May 17, 1908 – Writer Ralph Wright, the voice of Eeyore in such clasics as “Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree,” and “Winnie-the-Pooh and the Blustery Day,” was born in St. Paul, Mn.
May 17, 1909 – Julius Sumner Miller, who played Professor Wonderful on the 1955 TV series “The Mickey Mouse Club”, was born in Bellerica, Massachusetts.
May 17, 1925 – Disney’s Alice Comedy, “Alice’s Egg Plant,” featuring Dawn O’Day as Alice, debuted in N.Y.C. at Rivoli Theater.
May 17, 1935 – French composer Paul Dukas passed away in Paris, France. His most popular piece “L’apprenti Sorcier,” better known under its English title “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” was used in the Disney film “Fantasia.”
May 17, 1940 – Disney’s Donald Duck cartoon “Billposters”, was released.
May 17, 1940 – American computer scientist Alan Kay was born in Massachusetts. In the mid-1980’s he would join Walt Disney Imagineering as vice president of research and devolpment before going on to work for Helwett-Packard.
May 17, 1946 – The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America awarded Walt Disney and eight other recipients the prestigious Silver Buffalo during a ceremony in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 17, 1950 – Howard Ashman, the award winning lyricist for the Disney films, “The Little Mermaid”, “Beauty and the Beast”, and “Aladdin”, was born in Baltimore, Md.
May 17, 1954 - Tony-Award winning musical theatre lyricist David Zippel was born in Easton, Pa. His Disney credits include “Mulan” and “Hercules.”
May 17, 1955 – Actor Bill Paxton, the director of Disney’s 2005 “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” was born in Fort Worth, Tx
May 17, 1909 – Julius Sumner Miller, who played Professor Wonderful on the 1955 TV series “The Mickey Mouse Club”, was born in Bellerica, Massachusetts.
May 17, 1925 – Disney’s Alice Comedy, “Alice’s Egg Plant,” featuring Dawn O’Day as Alice, debuted in N.Y.C. at Rivoli Theater.
May 17, 1935 – French composer Paul Dukas passed away in Paris, France. His most popular piece “L’apprenti Sorcier,” better known under its English title “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” was used in the Disney film “Fantasia.”
May 17, 1940 – Disney’s Donald Duck cartoon “Billposters”, was released.
May 17, 1940 – American computer scientist Alan Kay was born in Massachusetts. In the mid-1980’s he would join Walt Disney Imagineering as vice president of research and devolpment before going on to work for Helwett-Packard.
May 17, 1946 – The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America awarded Walt Disney and eight other recipients the prestigious Silver Buffalo during a ceremony in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 17, 1950 – Howard Ashman, the award winning lyricist for the Disney films, “The Little Mermaid”, “Beauty and the Beast”, and “Aladdin”, was born in Baltimore, Md.
May 17, 1954 - Tony-Award winning musical theatre lyricist David Zippel was born in Easton, Pa. His Disney credits include “Mulan” and “Hercules.”
May 17, 1955 – Actor Bill Paxton, the director of Disney’s 2005 “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” was born in Fort Worth, Tx