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vizsla
03-04-2009, 05:13 AM
Mar. 4, 2003 – “La Vida Mickey 2” a Latin dance party CD, was released.
Mar. 4, 2003 – To mark the launch of the new Disney Visa Card by Bank One, Walt Disney Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner and Bank One Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon rang the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
Mar. 4, 2003 – Toy Story was voted #1 in the Top 100 Animated Features of All Time by the Online Film Critics Society.
Mar. 4, 2004 – It was reported that embattled Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner was stripped of his role as chairman at the annual shareholders meeting the day before. Disney’s board elected former U.S. Senator George Mitchell as the company’s chief executive even though 43% of shareholders voted against him in an unprecedented protest.)
Mar. 4, 2004 – The Walt Disney World Resort and Amerada Hess Corp. entered into a multiyear agreement that includes the operation of three Hess Express Service Stations on property in Florida. Hess also will become the title sponsor of the Sports Field venue at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex.
Mar. 4, 2005 – Disney’s live-action feature “The Pacifier,” starring Vin Diesel was released in theaters.
Mar. 4, 2005 – Disneyland President Matt Ouimet’s “State of the Resort” Presentation was held at the Hyperion Theatre in Disney’s California Adventure. Special guests included Art Linkletter, who took part in Disneyland’s opening day TV broadcast in 1955.
Mar. 4, 2006 – An article about Gene Simmons of KISS-“The Outrageous Entrepeneur” by Josh Friedman, ran in The L.A. Times. A portion of the article read: A matinee showing of Walt Disney Co.’s “Pinocchio” helped inspire Simmons to thinking big, he said. “When Jiminy Cricket sang “When You Wish Upon a Star,” I thought that little bug was singing to me,” he said. “I walked out of that movie theater, and he had done more for me than any religious figure ever could. I was empowered. It was electrifying.” Simmons also calls himself “Disney without the overhead.”
Mar. 4, 2007 – Dr. Honeydew and his assistant Beaker, characters from “The Muppett Show,” and Disney’s first roving machines, entertained visitors at California Adventure. Disney’s newest “living characters initiative” are free ranging and totally independent.
Mar. 4, 2008 – Walt Disney Presents 2-disc “101 Dalmatians Platinum Edition” was released.

Bethis26fan
03-04-2009, 07:19 AM
Thanks :mickey:

CanadianWDWFan
03-04-2009, 07:37 AM
Thanks Vince!:thumbsup:

ibrowse17
03-04-2009, 12:32 PM
Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

Jeff
03-04-2009, 09:14 PM
:thumbsup:

pdrlkr
03-05-2009, 10:24 AM
Thanks Vince! :thumbsup: :mickey:

Mickey91
03-07-2009, 11:39 AM
Thanks Vince!:mickey: