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What happened in history on this day: January 1?
On January 1 in ...
- 1925 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice Cans the Cannibals to theaters.
- 1926 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice on the Farm to theaters.
- 1929 - The Disney studio begins animating the film The Skeleton Dance.
- 1943 - The Donald Duck film Der Fuehrer's Face is released to theaters. The original title was Donald Duck in Nutziland.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Faraway Places: High, Hot, and Wet. It includes the People and Places featurette Siam.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the third "The Swamp Fox" episode, Tory Vengeance.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the Zorro episode The Postponed Wedding.
- 1965 - The first Miss Disneyland begins serving: Julie Reihm of Texas, Disneyland tour guide.
- 1973 - The Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln attraction at Disneyland closes.
- 1977 - Bob Allen is promoted to vice president of Walt Disney World.
- 1983 - The CBS TV network airs the Walt Disney show, entitled Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald.
- 1983 - Mongolia issues a series of postage stamps commemorating the film Fantasia.
- 1990 - Hollywood Records begins operations.
- 1995 - The film Symbiosis is shown for the last time in The Land in Epcot Center.
- 1996 - Delta Air Lines discontinues sponsorship of the Delta Dreamflight attraction in Walt Disney World. The attraction name changes to Take Flight!
- 1996 - Delta Air Lines discontinues sponsorship of the World Premiere Circle-Vision theater at Disneyland. The theater is renamed Circle-Vision.
- 1996 - Disney releases the film Operation Dumbo Drop on laserdisc in the US, for US$40.
- 1997 - The Beauty and the Beast stage show makes its last performance in Euro Disneyland.
- 1997 - A ten-year cross-promotional agreement between Disney and McDonald's Restaurants begins.
- 2000 - The film Fantasia/2000 opens at 70 IMAX theaters worldwide. The film cost about US$90 million to make. Donald Duck and Daisy Duck appear in the "Pomp and Circumstance" segment.
- 2002 - IMAX Corporation and Disney release the film Beauty and the Beast to IMAX and other large screen theaters in Australia, France, Hong Kong, and USA. Included is a new animated sequence with new song "Human Again".
- 2003 - IMAX Corporation releases the animated feature film The Lion King to theaters in Japan.
- 2004 - The Rose Parade takes place in Pasadena, California. Included is a 100-foot tall Twilight Zone Tower of Terror float.
- 2004 - Disney generally releases the Touchstone / Harbour Pictures film Calendar Girls to theaters in the USA.
- 2007 - The Body Wars attraction in Wonders of Life at Epcot Center closes.
- 2007 - The Cranium Command attraction in Wonders of Life at Epcot Center closes.
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