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1928 - The Colony Theater in New York debuts the Mickey Mouse film Steamboat Willie, prior to the main feature Gang War. This is the sound debut of Mickey Mouse, with Minnie Mouse (unnamed) as co-star. The music of "Turkey in the Straw" is used. The film uses Pat Powers' Cinephone system, which was illegally copied from RCA's sound recording equipment. The film is shown every night for two weeks, with Walt Disney attending every showing.

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1929 - Walt Disney sends the first six specimens for a Mickey Mouse comic strip to King Features.

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1932 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Honorable Mention Oscar award to Walt Disney Productions for "Distinctive Achievement", the creation of Mickey Mouse.

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1932 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) to Disney for the film Flowers and Trees. This is the first Academy Award for a cartoon.

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1932 - The animated film collage Parade of the Award Nominees is released to theaters.

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1962 - The Swiss Family Treehouse attraction opens in Adventureland at Disneyland. The opening ceremony is hosted by Walt Disney, with Hayley Mills, John Mills, Kevin Corcoran. The sixty foot tall artificial tree has 300,000 bright red vinyl leaves.

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1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Magnificent Rebel, part one.

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1978 - A commemorative plaque is installed at the Broadway Theater (formerly Colony Theater) in New York, marking the 50th anniversary of the premiere of the film Steamboat Willie.

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1978 - The Museum of Modern Art in New York City holds a birthday party for Mickey Mouse, showing Steamboat Mickey at noon, fifty years after its first public showing.

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1983 - The Hilton Hotel opens on Lake Buena Vista at Walt Disney World.

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