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05-15-2009, 05:12 AM
May 15, 1998 – Bill Nye (of the syndicated TV show “Disney Presents Bill Nye the Science Guy) won a Daytime Emmy Award for Performer in a Children’s Series.
May 15, 1998 – The Disney/Touchstone film “The Horse Whisperer” was released.
May 15, 1999 - Inspired by Vision , AT&T, and the Innoventions Pre-Show closed at Innoventions West.
May 15, 1999 – The Disney Channel Original Movie “The Thirteenth Year” aired.
May 15, 2001 – The Ronald Reagan Presidential library and Museum in California, featured “Walt Disney-The Man and His Magic,” an exhibit about Walt that would run through September 2001.
May 15, 2001 – Over 200 Disney cast members perform in “FLASHBACK: When You Wish Upon A Star” for family, friends and fellow cast members at the Hyperion Theater in Disney’s California Adventure. Four different musical stories are performed by groups of cast members representing areas of the Disneyland Resort. Ticket and food sales are donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County. The vent raised $16,000.
May 15, 2003 – Mexican American billionaire Arturo “Arte” Moreno made history by becoming the first Hispanic to own a major sports team in the U.S. when he purchased the Anaheim Angels baseball team from the Walt Disney Company.
May 15, 2004 – Cartoonist Jack Bradbury passed away at the age of 89. At the age of 20, he joined the Walt Disney Studio and worked as an in between from 1934-1938 on such cartoons as “The Band Concert” and “Through the Mirror.” He later became a full animator and worked on several key scenes in Disney features, including the stag fight in Bambi, the Pegasus Family gliding into a watery landing in Fantasia, and Figaro walking across Gepetto’s bed in Pinocchio.
May 15, 2007 – The Broadway adaptation of “Mary Poppins” received 7 Tony nominations for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Gavin Lee), Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Rebecca Luker), Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Costume Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, and Best Choreography.
May 15, 2007 – The “Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage” attraction opened at Disneyland.
May 15, 1998 – The Disney/Touchstone film “The Horse Whisperer” was released.
May 15, 1999 - Inspired by Vision , AT&T, and the Innoventions Pre-Show closed at Innoventions West.
May 15, 1999 – The Disney Channel Original Movie “The Thirteenth Year” aired.
May 15, 2001 – The Ronald Reagan Presidential library and Museum in California, featured “Walt Disney-The Man and His Magic,” an exhibit about Walt that would run through September 2001.
May 15, 2001 – Over 200 Disney cast members perform in “FLASHBACK: When You Wish Upon A Star” for family, friends and fellow cast members at the Hyperion Theater in Disney’s California Adventure. Four different musical stories are performed by groups of cast members representing areas of the Disneyland Resort. Ticket and food sales are donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County. The vent raised $16,000.
May 15, 2003 – Mexican American billionaire Arturo “Arte” Moreno made history by becoming the first Hispanic to own a major sports team in the U.S. when he purchased the Anaheim Angels baseball team from the Walt Disney Company.
May 15, 2004 – Cartoonist Jack Bradbury passed away at the age of 89. At the age of 20, he joined the Walt Disney Studio and worked as an in between from 1934-1938 on such cartoons as “The Band Concert” and “Through the Mirror.” He later became a full animator and worked on several key scenes in Disney features, including the stag fight in Bambi, the Pegasus Family gliding into a watery landing in Fantasia, and Figaro walking across Gepetto’s bed in Pinocchio.
May 15, 2007 – The Broadway adaptation of “Mary Poppins” received 7 Tony nominations for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Gavin Lee), Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Rebecca Luker), Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Costume Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, and Best Choreography.
May 15, 2007 – The “Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage” attraction opened at Disneyland.