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  1930: Walt Disney, accompanied by his wife Lillian, leave for New York. Tensions
  have increased between the Disney Studio and Pat Powers over royalties from Mickey cartoons. In 1928, Powers had sold Walt a Cinephone system so that he could make sound cartoons such as Steamboat Willie.
  Unable to find a distributor for the sound cartoons, Disney released his cartoons
  through Powers' Celebrity Pictures company. Walt wants to confront Powers face-to-face in New York over money he feels he is due.
  1932: The very first color Mickey Mouse comic strip - written and drawn by Floyd Gottfredson - is published.
  1962: Construction begins on Disneyland's Swiss Family Treehouse. (It will open the following November.)
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  1978: Junius Matthews, the voice of Rabbit for Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh from 1966 to 1977, passes away in Los Angeles, California
  1991: Eastern Airlines, the official airline of Walt Disney World during the 1970s, officially shuts down
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  1924: Lillian Bounds from Idaho (future wife of Walt Disney) starts working at the Disney Studio in Hollywood. She had been recommended by her sister's friend - who is also an employee. Lillian has taken the job because it is within walking distance of her sister's house (where she is currently living) and doesn't require her to spend bus fare!
  1997: Adriana Caselotti, who supplied the voice and personality to Walt Disney's first feature-length cartoon heroine, Snow White, dies at her home in Los Angeles, California, following a battle with cancer. She is 80
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  2005: Walt Disney World announces that River Country, a water park opened since 1976 and last operated in November 2001, will remain closed permanently.
  At Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida, Expedition Everest's peak is lowered into place, making the new attraction nearly 20 stories high. Expedition Everest, a roller coaster themed to be an abandoned mountain railway, is expected to open in 2006.
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  1930: While Walt is in New York, animator Ub Iwerks informs Roy Disney that he wishes to leave the Disney Company as soon as possible. Roy is stunned, but offers Ub $5,000 for his 20% share of the company. Unbeknownst to Roy at this time, is the fact that Iwerks has been lured away by film distributor Pat Powers. Powers wants Iwerks to start an animation studio of his own. Meanwhile Walt is in New York actually confronting Powers over royalty money for Mickey shorts due to the Disney Studios!
  1935:Animator Ollie Johnston is hired at $17 a week by the Disney Studio. He will start work 2 days later as an in-betweener and eventually go on to become one of Walt's "Nine Old Men".
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  1989: At Super Bowl XXIII, quarterback Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers declares, "I'm going to Disney World!" upon his team's 20-16 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
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  1995: Plans for the Walt Disney World Speedway are announced. Construction on the racing facility will begin later in the year.
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  2006: Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, announces that Disney has agreed to acquire computer animation leader Pixar in an all-stock transaction (totaled to be worth approximately $7.4 billion), expected to be completed by this summer
  2007: The official grand openings of Finding Nemo - The Musical at Animal Kingdom and The Seas with Nemo and Friends at Epcot take place. (Both attractions have been in previews since Autumn 2006.)
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  1999: McDonald's opens a themed restaurant in the Disney Village area at Disneyland Paris
  2007: Jim and Lisa Fouch and their children, Brad and Hannah from Michigan make history as the first Walt Disney World guests to win a night's stay inside Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom Park.
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  1992: At Super Bowl XXVI (in Minneapolis) quarterback Mark Rypien of the Washington Redskins declares "I'm going to Disney World!" following his team's win over the Buffalo Bills, 37�24.
  1993: Disneyland's newest section Toontown, is dedicated by Michael Eisner and actor Harry Anderson (Toontown's honorary mayor).
  2007: During a press conference at Walt Disney World Resort, plans for Toy Story Mania are announced.