Disney History - January 8th
Here’s a look back on Disney history for January 8th:
Jan. 8, 1960 – The Disney TV show aired episode 4 of “The Swamp Fox: Day of Reckoning.”
Jan. 8, 1961 – The Disney TV show aired episode 7 of “The Swamp Fox: A Woman’s Courage.”
Jan. 8, 1962 – Disneyland’s “Chicken Plantation Restaurant” (in business since the park’s opening) closed in Frontierland.
Jan. 8, 1989 – Disney’s edited version of the feature “Baby, Dinosaurs… Secret of the Lost Legend” aired on TV.
Jan. 8, 1996 - The “Fairy Tale Festival” attraction opened in Fantasyland at Disneyland Paris, celebrating European Storytellers.
Jan. 8, 1998 – The “McDonalds” opened at Downtown Disney Marketplace. The themed “Ronald’s Fun House,” features specially designed rooms such as “Ronald’s Dining Room,” “Birdie’s Music Room,” and “Grimace’s Game Room.”
Jan. 8, 2007 – Animator, TV producer, and film director, Iwao Takamoto passed away at age 81 in Los Angeles, Ca. Best known for designing the Hanna-Barbera character Scooby-Doo, Takamoto first entered the world of cartoons at Disney in 1947. He workes as an animator on such classics as “Cinderella,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “One Hundred and One Dalmations,” and “Lady and the Tramp.”
Jan. 8, 2007 – After spending about a year on a redesign project, the Walt Disney Company unveiled the new Disney.com at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nv.
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