Today in {DISNEY} History...2/12
1789:
On this day in 1789, Vermont Patriot Ethan Allen dies of a stroke at age 52 on his Winooski River homestead.
1793:
1865:
1934:
Walt Disney Productions files an application for a trademark of "Mickey Mouse"
for use in books and newspaper comic strips.
1938:
On this day in 1938, best-selling author Judy Blume, known for her children’s books and young-adult novels, including “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” and “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” is born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
1951:
Disney's Cinderella
is nominated for 3 Academy Awards - Best Music, Original Song (for "Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo"); Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture; and Best Sound, Recording.
1955:
Academy Award nominations are announced with Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea receiving three for Art Direction - Set Decoration, Film Editing, and Special Effects.
1988:
Siegfried and Roy appear on the TV special Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom. The illusionists make Sleeping Beauty Castle disappear!
1999:
2002:
Disney-Pixar's Monsters, Inc. receives 4 Academy Award nominations.
2008:
Hollywood’s longest work stoppage since 1988 ends on this day in 2008, when members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) vote by a margin of more than 90 percent to go back to work after a walkout that began the previous November 5.
2012:
At the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, Alan Menken and Glenn Slater win Best Song Written For Visual Media for "I See The Light" (from Tangled).
On this day in 1789, Vermont Patriot Ethan Allen dies of a stroke at age 52 on his Winooski River homestead.
1793:
1809:
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. President, is born in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. He is the first president born outside the original Thirteen Colonies. Lincoln is the subject of such Disney attractions as Great Moments with Mr Lincoln (originally created for the 1964 World's Fair) and Walt Disney World's The Hall of Presidents - click here to read Lincoln's HOP speech. (Walt Disney was always fascinated with the life of Lincoln. As a young boy, Walt recited Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to his elementary class ... dressed as Abe!) In 2012, Touchstone Pictures released the historical drama Lincoln, produced by Steve Spielberg and starring Daniel Day-Lewis. produced by Steve Spielberg and starring Daniel Day-Lewis.1865:
1934:
Walt Disney Productions files an application for a trademark of "Mickey Mouse"
for use in books and newspaper comic strips.1938:
On this day in 1938, best-selling author Judy Blume, known for her children’s books and young-adult novels, including “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” and “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” is born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
1951:
Disney's Cinderella
is nominated for 3 Academy Awards - Best Music, Original Song (for "Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo"); Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture; and Best Sound, Recording.1955:
Academy Award nominations are announced with Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea receiving three for Art Direction - Set Decoration, Film Editing, and Special Effects.
1988:
Siegfried and Roy appear on the TV special Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom. The illusionists make Sleeping Beauty Castle disappear!
1999:
2002:
Disney-Pixar's Monsters, Inc. receives 4 Academy Award nominations.2008:
Hollywood’s longest work stoppage since 1988 ends on this day in 2008, when members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) vote by a margin of more than 90 percent to go back to work after a walkout that began the previous November 5.
2012:
At the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, Alan Menken and Glenn Slater win Best Song Written For Visual Media for "I See The Light" (from Tangled).
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