Today in {DISNEY} History...2/13
1633:
1776:
On this day in 1776, Patrick Henry becomes colonel of the First
Virginia battalion in defense of the state’s supply of gunpowder.
1973:
A Valentine Dance (sponosred by the WDW Recreation Club) is held for Disney World Cast Members at the Contemporary Hotel's Ballroom of the Americas.
1993:
Lumière’s Kitchen restaurant opens in Fantasyland at Disney World's Magic Kingdom. (In 2006 it will become The Village Fry Shoppe, and in 2009 The Friar’s Nook.)
1996:
Epcot's Test Track Preview Center opens. (The attraction won't be ready for a soft opening until December 1998.)
Toy Story receives 3 Academy Award nominations for Achievement in Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score), Achievement in Writing, and Achievement in Music (Original Song). Pocahontas is also nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) and Achievement in Music (Original Song). Winners will be announced.
2004:
Disneyland hosts a Friday the 13th ceremony to light up the marque
of the new Tower of Terror. The event, which includes a screaming contest (won by Jill Drake of Kent, England), is hosted by comedian Gallagher. (The new attraction will open in Disney's California Adventure May 5.)
2008:
Disney releases Discs of Tron on Xbox Live Arcade. The game, based on the 1982 film Tron, allows players to face off against the evil Sark.
2009:
California resident Frances Taylor celebrates her 100th birthday at Disneyland! She is greeted at the main gate by the Disneyland Marching Band, a confetti burst, mouse-ear balloons and a cavalcade of well-wishers, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse! (As a 3-year-old child from Scotland, Taylor was to ride aboard the Titanic with her mother, brothers and sisters on its 1912 maiden voyage to the U.S. ... but the crossing was over-booked and they were bumped!)
Galileo in Rome for Inquisition
On this day in 1633, Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Galileo Galilei arrives in Rometo face charges of heresy for advocating Copernican theory, which holds that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
1776:
1973:
A Valentine Dance (sponosred by the WDW Recreation Club) is held for Disney World Cast Members at the Contemporary Hotel's Ballroom of the Americas.
1993:
Lumière’s Kitchen restaurant opens in Fantasyland at Disney World's Magic Kingdom. (In 2006 it will become The Village Fry Shoppe, and in 2009 The Friar’s Nook.)
1996:
Epcot's Test Track Preview Center opens. (The attraction won't be ready for a soft opening until December 1998.)
Toy Story receives 3 Academy Award nominations for Achievement in Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score), Achievement in Writing, and Achievement in Music (Original Song). Pocahontas is also nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) and Achievement in Music (Original Song). Winners will be announced.
2004:
Disneyland hosts a Friday the 13th ceremony to light up the marque
of the new Tower of Terror. The event, which includes a screaming contest (won by Jill Drake of Kent, England), is hosted by comedian Gallagher. (The new attraction will open in Disney's California Adventure May 5.)
2008:
Disney releases Discs of Tron on Xbox Live Arcade. The game, based on the 1982 film Tron, allows players to face off against the evil Sark.
2009:
California resident Frances Taylor celebrates her 100th birthday at Disneyland! She is greeted at the main gate by the Disneyland Marching Band, a confetti burst, mouse-ear balloons and a cavalcade of well-wishers, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse! (As a 3-year-old child from Scotland, Taylor was to ride aboard the Titanic with her mother, brothers and sisters on its 1912 maiden voyage to the U.S. ... but the crossing was over-booked and they were bumped!)
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