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04-20-2011, 05:10 AM
Apr. 20, 1991 – The “Sci-Fi Dine-in Theater Restaurant” opened in Disney-MGM Studios at WDW.
Apr. 20, 1992 – Disney’s animated TV series “Goof Troop” premiered on the Disney Channel.
Apr. 20, 1996 – Christopher Robin Milne, the son of writer A.A. Milne,(The creator of Winnie the Pooh) died at the age of 75.
Apr. 20, 1996 – The Disney 2-hour TV movie “Encino Woman” aired on ABC.
Apr. 20, 2000 – Al Weiss (President of WDW) and Michael Capellas (CEO of Compaq) announced plans for WDW’S newest attraction, Mission: Space, in Epcot.
Apr. 20, 2000 – Singer Robert Plant left his handprints outside Disney’s Theatre of the Stars in Orlando, Fl.
Apr. 20, 2001 – The Disney Channel aired the Lizzie McGuire episode “Election.”
Apr. 20, 2001 – Epcot’s 8th Annual “International Flower & Garden Festival” began at WDW. Performances included The Turtles (Apr. 20-22), Mitch Ryder (Apr. 23-24), The Nelsons (Apr. 25-26), Davy Jones (Apr. 27-29), and the Yardbirds (Apr. 30-May 3rd), Herman Hermits starring Peter Noone (May 4-6), Classic Rock All Stars (May 7-10), Marshall Tucker Band (May 11-13), Bad Finger (May 14-15), The (New) Rascals (May 16-17), Paul Revere and the Raiders (May 18-20), Starship (May 21-24), Gary Puckett (May 25-28), The Buckinghams (May 29-30), and Arlo Guthrie (May 31st, & June 1-3).
Apr. 20, 2001 – A rare collection of photographs, books, papers and other personal items that belonged to the real Alice in Wonderland, Alice Pleasance Liddell Hargreaves was previewed at Sotheby’s in N.Y. (The collection will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in London on June 6, 2001.) The archive of materials included photographs that Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) took of young Alice and her sisters in the mid 1800’s, silver hairbrushes used by Alice, her wedding ring, and a copy of Alice’s Under Ground that the author personally inscribed, “to her whose namesake one happy summer day” inspired the story.
Apr. 20, 2002 – After 7 months at sea as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, U.S. Military personnel aboard the USS Shreveport were welcomed at their home port in Norfolk, Va., by Mickey Mouse and Disneyland Resort representatives. Cast members “adopted” the Shreveport as part of the Resort Operation Uplift Program through which cast members send messages of support and thanks to U.S. servicemen and women on active duty outside the U.S.
Apr. 20, 1992 – Disney’s animated TV series “Goof Troop” premiered on the Disney Channel.
Apr. 20, 1996 – Christopher Robin Milne, the son of writer A.A. Milne,(The creator of Winnie the Pooh) died at the age of 75.
Apr. 20, 1996 – The Disney 2-hour TV movie “Encino Woman” aired on ABC.
Apr. 20, 2000 – Al Weiss (President of WDW) and Michael Capellas (CEO of Compaq) announced plans for WDW’S newest attraction, Mission: Space, in Epcot.
Apr. 20, 2000 – Singer Robert Plant left his handprints outside Disney’s Theatre of the Stars in Orlando, Fl.
Apr. 20, 2001 – The Disney Channel aired the Lizzie McGuire episode “Election.”
Apr. 20, 2001 – Epcot’s 8th Annual “International Flower & Garden Festival” began at WDW. Performances included The Turtles (Apr. 20-22), Mitch Ryder (Apr. 23-24), The Nelsons (Apr. 25-26), Davy Jones (Apr. 27-29), and the Yardbirds (Apr. 30-May 3rd), Herman Hermits starring Peter Noone (May 4-6), Classic Rock All Stars (May 7-10), Marshall Tucker Band (May 11-13), Bad Finger (May 14-15), The (New) Rascals (May 16-17), Paul Revere and the Raiders (May 18-20), Starship (May 21-24), Gary Puckett (May 25-28), The Buckinghams (May 29-30), and Arlo Guthrie (May 31st, & June 1-3).
Apr. 20, 2001 – A rare collection of photographs, books, papers and other personal items that belonged to the real Alice in Wonderland, Alice Pleasance Liddell Hargreaves was previewed at Sotheby’s in N.Y. (The collection will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in London on June 6, 2001.) The archive of materials included photographs that Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) took of young Alice and her sisters in the mid 1800’s, silver hairbrushes used by Alice, her wedding ring, and a copy of Alice’s Under Ground that the author personally inscribed, “to her whose namesake one happy summer day” inspired the story.
Apr. 20, 2002 – After 7 months at sea as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, U.S. Military personnel aboard the USS Shreveport were welcomed at their home port in Norfolk, Va., by Mickey Mouse and Disneyland Resort representatives. Cast members “adopted” the Shreveport as part of the Resort Operation Uplift Program through which cast members send messages of support and thanks to U.S. servicemen and women on active duty outside the U.S.