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What happened in history on this day: January 4?
On January 4 in ...
- 1930 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film Summer.
- 1936 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Polo Team is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear.
- 1937 - The first cels for Snow White and Seven Dwarfs are sent to the ink and paint department.
- 1939 - Walt Disney Productions signs a contract with Igor Stravinsky for the use of "Rite of Spring" in an animated film.
- 1943 - Disney delivers the film The Grain that Built a Hemisphere to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
- 1952 - Disney releases the Goofy film Father's Lion to theaters.
- 1956 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the film When Knighthood Was in Flower, part one. The film was previously released as The Sword and the Rose in theaters.
- 1975 - The US Forest Service issues an environmental impact report supporting Walt Disney Productions' plans to build a US$35 million Alpine skiing resort at Mountain King valley in the Sierra Nevada, in California.
- 1976 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Twister, Bull from the Sky.
- 1981 - The NBC TV network airs the Disney's Wonderful World show, featuring The Ghosts of Buxley Hall, part two.
- 1983 - The CBS TV network moves the Walt Disney TV show from Saturdays at 8:00-9:00 PM to Tuesdays, 8:00-9:00 PM.
- 1984 - Dollie Young, riding the Matterhorn Bobsleds ride at Disneyland, falls off, is struck by another sled, and dies.
- 1994 - The last episode of the TV show Bakersfield P.D. airs.
- 1997 - The Carnation Ice Cream Parlor in Disneyland closes.
- 1997 - The Blue Ribbon Bakery in Disneyland temporarily closes.
- 2002 - IMAX Corporation releases the film Beauty and the Beast to theaters in Poland and the United Kingdom.
- 2015 - The Creature Comforts shop on Discovery Island in Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World closes.
Births on January 4
- 1905 - Birth of Sterling Holloway in Cedartown, Georgia, USA; actor, voice of Winnie the Pooh in TV and film.
- 1918 - Birth of Norman Dale "Buddy" Baker in Missouri; musician, composer for hundreds of Disney attractions, movies, TV shows, The Mickey Mouse Club, The Monkey's Uncle, named a Disney Legend in 1998.
Deaths on January 4
- 1984 - Dollie Young, riding the Matterhorn Bobsleds ride at Disneyland, falls off, is struck by another sled, and dies.
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