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What happened in history on this day: October 28?
On October 28 in ...
- 1923 - Virginia Davis' mother wires acceptance of Walt Disney's contract offer.
- 1931 - Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film The Beach Party. Pluto and Clarabelle Cow also appear.
- 1933 - The Mickey Mouse film The Pet Store is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears.
- 1949 - Kay Kamen, Disney's licensing representative for 17 years, dies in an Air France plane crash over the Azores.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Sammy the Way-Out Seal, part one.
- 1980 - Thirty former Mouseketeers take part in filming a TV special for the 25th anniversary of The Mickey Mouse Club show, including appearing on a parade float down Disneyland's Main Street.
- 1992 - The ABC TV network airs the last Laurie Hill show.
- 1993 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. One character appears as the devil, looking like the devil in the film Fantasia, with brief music similar to "Night on Bald Mountain".
- 1994 - Disney releases The Making of Snow White on laserdisc.
- 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Squanto: A Warrior's Tale to theaters.
- 1997 - Disney launches its redesigned Disney.com Internet Web site, with new sections for parenting resources, and a kids area with games and stories with Disney characters.
- 1998 - The animated film The Lion King II: Simba's Pride premieres in Westwood, California.
- 2001 - Disney premieres the animated feature film Monsters, Inc. in Hollywood, California.
- 2014 - USA Network premieres the ABC Signature TV series Benched.
Births on October 28
Deaths on October 28
- 1949 - Kay Kamen, Disney's licensing representative for 17 years, dies in an Air France plane crash over the Azores.
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