1965:
Disney's Mary Poppins is nominated for an amazing 13 Academy Awards!
Best Picture (a first for a Disney film)
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Julie Andrews)
Best Director (Robert Stevenson)
Best Adapted Screenplay (Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi)
Best Cinematography, Color
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Best Sound
Best Film Editing (Cotton Warburton)
Best Music, Music Score - Substantially Original (Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman)
Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment (Irwin Kostal)
Best Music, Original Song ("Chim Chim Cher-ee" by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman)
Best Costume Design, Color
Best Effects, Special Visual Effects (Peter Ellenshaw, Hamilton Luske & Eustace Lycett)
The 37th Academy Awards will be held April 5.
Shawnte Northcutte, a member of the 1977-1978 TV series
The New Mouseketeers, is born.
2005:
Walt Disney World hosts the second annual "ESPN The Weekend Presented
by Speed Stick 24/7" at Disney-MGM Studios. The 3-day event offers fans the
opportunity to see and hear ESPN personalities and several legendary athletes.
Singer Cyndi Lauper guest stars (as Ms. Patuto) on the That's So Raven
episode "Art Breaker."
1913:
Actor Jim Backus, who appears in Disney's 1977 Pete's Dragon as the Mayor, is born in Cleveland, Ohio. (Television fans may remember him as the voice of Mr. Magoo and for his role as Thurston Howell III on the sitcom "Gilligan's Island.")
1927:
Actor and Disney Legend Dickie Jones is born in Snyder, Texas. A
prodigious horseman from infancy who was billed at the age of four as the World's Youngest
Trick Rider and Trick Roper, Jones was the voice of Pinocchio for Disney's 1940 classic animated film.
1938:
Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Boat Builders, featuring the voices of Walt Disney (as Mickey), Pinto Colvig (as Goofy), Marcellite Garner (as Minnie Mouse), and Clarence Nash (as Donald Duck) is released. The seven-minute short is directed by Ben Sharpsteen (who will go on to direct Dumbo).
1962:
The NBC-TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color airs part 2 of "Comancho."
1980:
The 1979 Disney sci-fi feature The Black Hole is nominated for 2 Academy Awards - Best Cinematography and Best Effects, Visual Effects. Winners will be announced April 14.
1981:
Walt Disney Productions and CBS agree to move Disney's
long-running show to CBS-TV.
1999:
Disney replaces Robert Iger at the helm of ABC with Steve Bornstein and names Iger the President of Walt Disney International, the business unit that oversees Disney's international operations, as well as Chairman of the ABC Group.
Disney's Mulan wins "Best Children's Movie" at the 22nd Annual International Angel Awards.
2000:
The first preview of Disney's pop-opera Aida takes place at the Palace
Theater on Broadway in New York City. The show (which will have 29 more previews
before an official opening March 23, 2000) features new songs by Elton John & Tim Rice.
2001:
Disney launches their new "Magic Happens" advertisement campaign during ABC-TV's Wonderful World of Disney. The corporate image campaign features something rarely seen in the advertising business; a richly detailed 90-second commercial.
2003:
Monkees singer/drummer Micky Dolenz begins touring as
Zoser in Disney's Aida at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers, Florida. (In 2004 he will play the role on Broadway.)
2006:
Disney invites fans to meet the stars of the new family comedy feature
The Shaggy Dog at New York City's World of Disney Store.
Actor Darren McGavin passes away in California at age 83. His Disney credits include the 1976 feature No Deposit, No Return, the 1978 comedy western Hot Lead and Cold Feet, and the 1979 made-for-TV-movie Donovan's Kid. (McGavin also starred in the 1950s series Mike Hammer and the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. He may be best remembered for his role of the grumpy father in the holiday comedy film A Christmas Story.)
1991:
The Bearly Asleep shop, located in Disney World's Frontierland, closes.
1939:
One of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of 20th century,
Frank Lloyd Wright visits the Disney Studios on Hyperion Avenue in Hollywood for an informal discussion with Walt's staff.
"Walt Disney is something unique. He is what he is. I think that he happened to stumble upon
the future development of the cinema. I don't think that was his fault. He happened in on it
with this peculiar gift of his, which I think is precious."
-Frank Lloyd Wright, This Day in Disney History 1939
2007:
The Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual Effects is awarded to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at the 79th Annual Academy Awards.
Disney/Pixar's Cars is edged out by Happy Feet for Best Animated Feature and
Disney's The Little Matchgirl, nominated for Best Animated Short, loses to The Danish Poet.
1971:
Recording artist Daniel Powter is born British Columbia. Best known for his piano driven pop single "Bad Day," the singer-songwriter penned "The World You've Dreamed of Lately" - a song for Disney's "Where Dreams Come True" marketing campaign.
The "Gracey" family depicted in
the Disney film The Haunted
Mansion is a nod to
Disney Imagineer
Yale Gracey, who
was an animator and
mechanical genius.
He had a hand in
developing many of the
attraction's illusions.
As a layout artist, Gracey
worked on more than 50
Disney animated shorts!
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1986:
Actor Justin Berfield is born in Los Angeles, California. Best known for his role on the hit sitcom Malcolm in the Middle, Disney fans will know him as the voice of Gil in Kim Possible episodes and as Caption Writer in the feature Max Keeble's Big Move.
2008:
DoomBuggies.com hosts its 10-year anniversary bash at Disneyland Park with an exclusive, attendees-only dinner and program in the Blue Bayou Restaurant in New Orleans Square. In attendance are Disney Legends Blaine Gibson, "X" Atencio, Bob Gurr, and Harriet Burns. A special after-hours ride through the Haunted Mansion, exclusively for Swinging Wake attendees takes place after the public leaves the park!
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1956:
Disney's Mouseketeers perform live in Yuba City, California. The show, held at the Yuba City High School, is a late Christmas gift for the town's children whose Christmas had been ruined by a devastating flood last December 24.
2010:
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is officially relaunched on this evening
at Walt Disney World as ESPN The Weekend kicks off (for the next 4 days).
Ayefour Publishing releases the book Project Future: The Inside Story Behind the Creation of Disney World by Chad D. Emerson. The books shares the amazing behind the scenes story of how Disney's Florida resort, code-named Project Future, rose from the marshes of Central Florida to become one of the world's most popular theme park resorts.
Disney's fantasy adventure Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, premieres in London at the Odeon Leicester Square.
1963:
Academy Award nominations are announced with Disney receiving 3:
Bon Voyage - Best Sound & Best Costume Design
Symposium on Popular Songs - Best Short Subjects, Cartoons
Winners will be announced April 8.
1988:
NBC-TV airs the musical special Totally Minnie. Hosted by Suzanne Somers, it is the first film to feature Minnie Mouse (voiced by Russi Taylor) in a lead role.
1997:
The Walt Disney Company holds its annual shareholders meeting in Anaheim, California.
