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07-17-2012, 05:10 AM
July 17, 1970 – Disneyland celebrated its 15th birthday along with 130 of the park’s original cast members (who are know as Club 55.)
July 17, 1971 – Cliff Edwards, the voice of Jiminy Crickett, died at the Virgil Convalescent Hospital in Hollywood, Ca.
July 17, 1980 – Disneyland celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a 25 hour party starting at midnight and ending at 1:00am on the 20th.
July 17, 1989 – The dedication ceremony took place for Splash Mountain at Disneyland. Actor Jim Varney joined Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael Eisner, Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Mickey Mouse in turning on the water pump to create a big splash. (The attraction would officially open to the public the next day.)
July 17, 1989 – The “Brer Bar” refreshment area opened in Critter Country at Disneyland.
July 17, 1989 – The Disneyland attraction “Splash Mountain” opened in Critter Country.
July 17, 1992 – The “Splash Mountain” attraction opened in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at WDW.
July 17, 2009 – Disneyland park presented the debut of Walt Disney’s 1956 People and Places featurette, titled “Disneyland U.S.A. (The 42-minute film was screened exclusively for a group of about 200 people selected from Disney’s official D23 Fan Club.
July 17, 2009 – Sadly on this day, legendary newman Walter Cronkite passed away in N.Y. at age 92. A famous CBS anchorman (between 1962-1981), Disney fans would recall Cronkite’s voice as the original narrator of Epcot’s Spaceship Earth. He also appeared in the 1981 TV special “Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream” and the 1989 broadcast of the opening of Disney-MGM Studios. Cronkite appeared and narrated “Back To Neverland,” a film about animation featuring Robin Williams and Disney’s Animators that was shown in Disney-MGM Studios.
July 17, 2010 – At noon, Disneyland employees held a dedication ceremony in Town Square near the entrance of Disneyland celebrating the park’s 55th anniversary.
July 17, 1971 – Cliff Edwards, the voice of Jiminy Crickett, died at the Virgil Convalescent Hospital in Hollywood, Ca.
July 17, 1980 – Disneyland celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a 25 hour party starting at midnight and ending at 1:00am on the 20th.
July 17, 1989 – The dedication ceremony took place for Splash Mountain at Disneyland. Actor Jim Varney joined Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael Eisner, Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Mickey Mouse in turning on the water pump to create a big splash. (The attraction would officially open to the public the next day.)
July 17, 1989 – The “Brer Bar” refreshment area opened in Critter Country at Disneyland.
July 17, 1989 – The Disneyland attraction “Splash Mountain” opened in Critter Country.
July 17, 1992 – The “Splash Mountain” attraction opened in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at WDW.
July 17, 2009 – Disneyland park presented the debut of Walt Disney’s 1956 People and Places featurette, titled “Disneyland U.S.A. (The 42-minute film was screened exclusively for a group of about 200 people selected from Disney’s official D23 Fan Club.
July 17, 2009 – Sadly on this day, legendary newman Walter Cronkite passed away in N.Y. at age 92. A famous CBS anchorman (between 1962-1981), Disney fans would recall Cronkite’s voice as the original narrator of Epcot’s Spaceship Earth. He also appeared in the 1981 TV special “Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream” and the 1989 broadcast of the opening of Disney-MGM Studios. Cronkite appeared and narrated “Back To Neverland,” a film about animation featuring Robin Williams and Disney’s Animators that was shown in Disney-MGM Studios.
July 17, 2010 – At noon, Disneyland employees held a dedication ceremony in Town Square near the entrance of Disneyland celebrating the park’s 55th anniversary.