This Day in Disney History

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August 10

1914:
British film director & Disney Legend Ken Annakin is born in Beverly, Yorkshire.

1968:
Peter Docter, director of Monsters, Inc., is born in Bloomington,Minnesota. He's also an integral part of Pixar classics as Toy Story and Cars.

1994:
The Concourse Steak House opens in the Contemporary Resort, on the site of the former Concourse Grill.

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August 11

1925:
Singer/TV host Mike Douglas, the singing voice of Prince Charming for the 1950 Disney classic Cinderella, is born Michael Delaney Dowd in Chicago, Illinois.

1950:
Disney's Pluto cartoon Food for Feudin - also featuring Chip 'n' Dale - is
released.

1995:
Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon short Runaway Brain is released.

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August 12

1929:
Walt Disney is granted a trademark for the use of the image of Mickey Mouse in motion pictures.

1958:
Disney's stunning documentary film White Wilderness - directed and written by James Algar - is released. The film is narrated by Winston Hibler.

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August 13

1932:
Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Nightmare is released.

1942:
Disney's 5th full length animated feature Bambi has its U.S. premiere at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

2004:
Walt Disney World and other anxious Orlando tourists and residents hunker down as Hurricane Charley with 110 mph winds hits Central Florida.

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August 14

1942:
Disney's Pluto cartoon T-Bone for Two is released.

1945:
Comedy writer/stand-up comedian-turned-actor/director Steve Martin is born in Waco, Texas. Martin can be seen in Disney's Fantasia 2000 and Father of the Bride.

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August 15

1929:
Wild Waves, a Mickey Mouse short, is released. Mickey saves Minnie whose been swept out to sea!

1989:
Joseph Adam "Joe" Jonas, a member of Jonas Brothers, is born in Casa Grande, Arizona.

2003:
Disney World's newest attraction, Mission: SPACE lifts off with a soft opening.

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August 16

1925:
Actor Fess Parker - famous for his Disney role of Davy Crockett - is born in Fort Worth, Texas.

1939:
Actress Carole Shelley, the voice of Amelia in Disney's 1970 The AristoCats, is born in London, England.

1943:
Sharon Baird, a member of the 1950s The Mickey Mouse Club (for all 4 years), is born in Seattle, Washington.

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August 17

1882:
Actor Charles Judels - the voice of Stromboli in Disney's classic 1940 release Pinocchio - is born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

1920:
Actress/singer Maureen O'Hara is born in Ireland. Fans of Disney's 1961 The Parent Trap will know her as Maggie McKendrick.

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August 18

1922:
Actress Shelley Winters - who appears in Disney's 1977 Pete's Dragon as Lena Gogan - is born in East Saint Louis, Missouri.

1943:
Actor-comedian Martin Mull is born in Chicago, Illinois. He is the voice of Governor Kevin for the Disney animated television series 'Teamo Supremo.

1957:
Comedian/actor Denis Leary - the voice of Francis in Disney's 1998 A Bug's Life - is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

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August 19

1933:
Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon Lullaby Land is released.

1938:
Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon The Whalers is released.

1955:
The Disney short Bearly Asleep, featuring Donald Duck and Humphrey the Bear, is released.

2005:
Disney's animated feature Valiant opens in theaters.

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August 20

1907:
Veteran radio actor Alan Reed, the voice of Boris in Disney's 1955 classic Lady and the Tramp, is born in New York City.

1928:
Disney's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon Hot Dog is released. It is the final Oswald short produced.

Imagineer and Disney Legend Harriett Burns is born in San Antonio, Texas.

1989:
Lionel Hampton and his Big Band perform at Disneyland for the first of a seven-day engagement

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August 21

1956:
Actress Kim Cattrall, who appears in Disney's 2005 Ice Princess, is born in Liverpool, England.

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August 22

1920:
Science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury - who helped Imagineers design Epcot's Spaceship Earth attraction - is born in Waukegan, Illinois.

1936:
Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon Toby Tortoise Returns is released.

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August 23

1912:
Animator and layout artist Ed Benedict is born. He will begin his animation career
in 1930 at Walt Disney Studios and work on Make Mine Music.

1929:
Actress Vera Miles, who appears in the Disney live-action features Follow Me!, Boys, and Those Calloways, is born in Oklahoma.

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August 24

1942:
Disney's 6th animated feature film Saludos Amigos has its world premiere in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

1958:
Actor Steve Guttenberg, star of the 1997 TV movie Tower of Terror - based on the Disney World attraction - is born in New York.