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03-25-2010, 04:59 AM
Mar. 25, 1909 – Songwriter Jerry Livingston was born in Denver, Co. He co-wrote “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” (for Disney’s Cinderella) along with Mack David and Al Hoffman.
Mar. 25, 1944 – Muppeteer and comedy director Frank Oz was born in Hereford, England.
Mar. 25, 1947 – Elton John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Pinner, known for his music in Disney’s “The Lion King”, and “Aida”, was born in Middlesex, England.
Mar. 25, 1954 – At the 26th Annual Academy Awards, Disney won an award for “Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom”, and one for the film “The Living Desert”.
Mar. 25, 1956 – Actor and Disney Legend Matthew Garber was born in England. He would go on to appear in “The Three Lives of Themasina,” “Mary Poppins,” and “The Gnome-Mobile.”
Mar. 25, 1960 – The Disney TV show aired episode 10 of “Elfego Baca: Gus Tomlin Is Dead.”
Mar. 25, 1962 – The NBC-TV series Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color aired part-3 of “The Prince and the Pauper.”
Mar. 25, 1964 – The live-action Disney feature “The Misadventures of Merlin Jones,” starring Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, and Leon Ames, was released.
Mar. 25, 1969 – U.S. President Richard Nixon presented Lillian Disney with a special commemorative medal (authorized by Congress) honoring her late husband Walt. The medal designed by C. Robert Moore of Walt Disney Productions and struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, beared a likeness of Walt Disney on one side and Mickey Mouse on the other. The presentation took place in the State Dining Room at the White House. Among the guests were some 200 3rd and 4th grade Washington, D.C. area schoolchildren.
Mar. 25, 1979 – Disney’s part-1 of its 2-part TV movie “Born to Run” aired. (Part-2 aired Apr. 1, 1979)
Mar. 25, 1944 – Muppeteer and comedy director Frank Oz was born in Hereford, England.
Mar. 25, 1947 – Elton John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Pinner, known for his music in Disney’s “The Lion King”, and “Aida”, was born in Middlesex, England.
Mar. 25, 1954 – At the 26th Annual Academy Awards, Disney won an award for “Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom”, and one for the film “The Living Desert”.
Mar. 25, 1956 – Actor and Disney Legend Matthew Garber was born in England. He would go on to appear in “The Three Lives of Themasina,” “Mary Poppins,” and “The Gnome-Mobile.”
Mar. 25, 1960 – The Disney TV show aired episode 10 of “Elfego Baca: Gus Tomlin Is Dead.”
Mar. 25, 1962 – The NBC-TV series Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color aired part-3 of “The Prince and the Pauper.”
Mar. 25, 1964 – The live-action Disney feature “The Misadventures of Merlin Jones,” starring Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, and Leon Ames, was released.
Mar. 25, 1969 – U.S. President Richard Nixon presented Lillian Disney with a special commemorative medal (authorized by Congress) honoring her late husband Walt. The medal designed by C. Robert Moore of Walt Disney Productions and struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, beared a likeness of Walt Disney on one side and Mickey Mouse on the other. The presentation took place in the State Dining Room at the White House. Among the guests were some 200 3rd and 4th grade Washington, D.C. area schoolchildren.
Mar. 25, 1979 – Disney’s part-1 of its 2-part TV movie “Born to Run” aired. (Part-2 aired Apr. 1, 1979)