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1928 - Walt Disney copyrights the film Steamboat Willie.

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1929 - King Features writes to Walt Disney, acknowledging the receipt of six Mickey Mouse comic strip samples, and asking for six more to show the publisher, William Randolph Hearst.

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1952 - The Mickey Mouse film Pluto's Christmas Tree is released. Pluto, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Chip, and Dale also appear.

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1956 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled At Home with Donald Duck. It is a compilation of cartoons.

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1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the film The Boston Tea Party, which is the first half of the film Johnny Tremain.

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1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Three Lives of Thomasina, part two.

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1975 - Buena Vista releases the film Dr. Syn, Alias The Scarecrow to theaters in the US.

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1978 - (to January 30) In Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress holds an exhibition "Building a Better Mouse", including over 120 items from their collection.

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1981 - The CBS TV network airs the Walt Disney show, entitled A Disney Storybook part two.

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1984 - The Disney Channel airs the second episode of the series Still the Beaver, entitled Thanksgiving Day.

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