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What happened in history on this day: October 18?
On October 18 in ...
- 1926 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice the Fire Fighter to theaters.
- 1946 - Disney delivers the film The Story of Menstruation to the International Cellu-Cotton Company.
- 1960 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Ten Who Dared to theaters. The film is based on the journal of Major John Wesley Powell.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Tenderfoot, part one.
- 1967 - Buena Vista releases Disney's animated feature film The Jungle Book to theaters. This is the last animated feature personally produced by Walt Disney.
- 1967 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film Charlie the Lonesome Cougar to theaters.
- 1970 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring The Wacky Zoo of Morgan, part one. The film is based on the book I'll Trade You an Elk by Charles Goodrum.
- 1972 - Disney releases the live-action feature film Run, Cougar, Run to theaters.
- 1986 - The Disney Channel airs The Disney Channel Premiere Film Spot Marks the X.
- 1990 - Disney releases the film The Great Quake Hazard Hunt for educational use. Chip 'n' Dale appear in the film.
- 1990 - Roger Broggie is named a Disney Legend.
- 1990 - Joseph Fowler is named a Disney Legend.
- 1990 - John Hench is named a Disney Legend.
- 1990 - Richard Irvine is named a Disney Legend.
- 1990 - Herb Ryman is named a Disney Legend.
- 1990 - Robert and Richard Sherman are named Disney Legends.
- 2001 - Portugal issues ten postage stamps for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Walt Disney. Characters included on the stamps are Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Pluto, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Scrooge McDuck, and Huey/Louie/Dewey.
- 2004 - The Animation Academy class opens at The Magic of Disney Animation in Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World.
- 2005 - Disney releases the Tarzan Special Edition on DVD in the USA.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A character dressed for Halloween looks like Captain Jack Sparrow from Disney's film The Pirates of the Caribbean.
- 2014 - The Animal Planet TV show episode "America's Cutest: Disney Side Howl-O-Ween" airs.
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