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What happened in history on this day: November 2?
On November 2 in ...
- 1924 - Bard's Hollywood Theater previews the Alice Comedy film Alice the Piper.
- 1927 - Animation work is completed on the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film Africa Before Dark.
- 1951 - The Donald Duck film Out of Scale is released. Chip 'n' Dale also appear.
- 1955 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the film The Story of Robin Hood, part one.
- 1966 - Walt Disney checks into St. Joseph Hospital, complaining of shortness of breath, and pain in his left leg. X-ray tests reveal a dark spot on Walt Disney's left lung.
- 1979 - Turks and Caicos Islands issues ten postage stamps with various Disney characters, marking the International Year of the Child.
- 1979 - Dominica issues ten postage stamps with various Disney characters, marking the International Year of the Child.
- 1979 - Grenada issues ten postage stamps with various Disney characters playing sports, marking the International Year of the Child.
- 1981 - Anguilla issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Walt Disney's The Night Before Christmas film.
- 1981 - Dominica issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Walt Disney's Santa's Workshop film.
- 1981 - Grenada issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Cinderella.
- 1981 - Grenada Grenadines issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Lady and the Tramp.
- 1981 - Turks and Caicos Islands issues ten postage stamps with Walt Disney's Uncle Remus characters.
- 1986 - The TV show Ask Max airs.
- 1989 - In the Future World section in EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World, the Wonders of Life pavilion officially opens. It features Body Wars, a thrill ride through the human body. The pavilion cost US$900 million to create. It is sponsored by Metropolitan Life.
- 1989 - Disney announces plans to build the Dixie Landings and Port Orleans Resort hotels at Walt Disney World.
- 1989 - Antigua & Barbuda issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters and stamps of the world.
- 1992 - The Mission to Mars attraction at Disneyland closes.
- 1992 - Uganda issues ten postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of Goofy.
- 1997 - The TV show The Wonderful World of Disney shows the two-hour film Cinderella.
- 1999 - Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa of the Hong Kong International Theme Parks company formally announces that an agreement has been reached with the Walt Disney Company on building a Disneyland park in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Disneyland will be 126 hectares (299 acres) in size, built on Lantau Island. Building costs are estimated at US$3.6 billion. The Walt Disney Company will invest US$316 million for a 43% share in ownership of the Hong Kong International Theme Parks company, and will receive royalties and management fees. The Hong Kong government will pay US$1.7 billion for land, road, and infrastructure development, and will lend US$718 million to the park. The park is scheduled to open in 2005.
- 2001 - Disney generally releases the Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios animated feature film Monsters, Inc. to theatres in the USA. The film cost US$115 million to produce.
- 2008 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Copyright images are removed from a daycare wall, like the 200? incident where Disney images were removed from a daycare wall.
- 2012 - The animated film Wreck-It Ralph is released to theaters. The film is about an arcade videogame villian who wants to be the good guy. Includes cameos of many video game characters.
Births on November 2
Deaths on November 2
- 1986 - Death of Paul Frees of heart failure at age 66; performed voices in thousands of radio, TV, movies, many Disney roles and in Disneyland attractions, named Disney Legend in 2006.
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