Tuesday, Sep 17, 2024
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1925 - Disney completes the 23rd Alice Comedy film, Alice in Love (Alice Plays Cupid).
1927 - Disney ships the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film Rickety Gin to Winkler Productions.
1927 - Disney completes the 11th Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film, Neck 'n' Neck.
1932 - The Mickey Mouse film The Whoopee Party is released to theaters. Goofy and Minnie Mouse also appear.
1954 - Disney releases the animated short film Once Upon a Wintertime to theaters. It was previously released as part of the film Melody Time.
1961 - The ABC TV network airs the last Walt Disney Presents show.
1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Not So Lonely Lighthouse Keeper.
1970 - In the case of the Sierra Club against the U.S. Forest Service over Disney's proposed Mineral King ski resort, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overrules Judge Sweigert, dissolving the injunction against commencing the project.
1984 - Five unions representing 1844 Disneyland workers vote on the company's offer of a three-year wage freeze. The vote is 97 percent rejecting the offer, and authorizing a strike if needed.
1991 - The ABC TV network debuts the Disney-produced TV show Home Improvement.