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1984 - Disney formally announces the election of Michael Eisner as chairman and CEO, and of Frank Wells as president and chief operating officer.

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1984 - Unions representing one-third of Disneyland's employees vote 69 percent to reject the company's latest contract offer, and authorize a strike.

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1984 - Michael Eisner and Frank Wells try to reassure nervous Disneyland employees, speaking from a bandstand built for the film Something Wicked This Way Comes.

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1985 - The Lotus Blossom Cafe restaurant opens in the China pavilion in World Showcase in EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World.

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1986 - The La Boutique des Provinces shop opens in the Canada pavilion in World Showcase in EPCOT Center.

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1991 - The stage show Hollywood's Pretty Woman begins.

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1992 - The first Disney-hosted Disneyana Convention is held, over four days in the Contemporary Resort Convention Center at Walt Disney World. 750 people attend.

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1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character refers to Euro Krustyland, an obvious reference to Disney's Euro Disneyland theme park.

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1993 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures / Samuel Goldwyn live-action feature film The Program to theaters in the US.

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1993 - The ABC TV network begins airing the series Boy Meets World.

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