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What happened in history on this day: November 10?
On November 10 in ...
- 1931 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film The Fox Hunt.
- 1933 - The Fox Film Corporation releases the film My Lips Betray to theaters. The first scene shows a portion of the Mickey Mouse film Ye Olden Days on a TV in a car. Disney provided the 10 foot clip for free.
- 1953 - The Buena Vista Distribution Company releases Disney's True-Life Adventures feature film The Living Desert to theaters. It cost under US$300,000 to make. It is the first film distributed by Disney's own distribution company.
- 1953 - The Buena Vista Distribution Company releases the animated film Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom to theaters in the US. It is the first animated film filmed in CinemaScope.
- 1953 - The Buena Vista Distribution Company releases the special animated featurette film Ben and Me to theaters.
- 1954 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the films Prairie, and Seal Island.
- 1959 - Disney releases the stop-motion animated short film Noah's Ark to theaters.
- 1959 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Third Man on the Mountain in theaters in the US. The film is based on the book Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman.
- 1981 - Walt Disney Productions and Westinghouse Broadcasting announce an agreement to produce a family-oriented cable television service.
- 1990 - Disney pre-releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film The Rescuers Down Under to selected theaters.
- 1991 - The Disney Afternoon Avenue exhibit area in Disneyland closes.
- 1991 - The Rescue Rangers Raceway at Disneyland is renamed back to Fantasyland Autopia.
- 1991 - The Motor Boat Cruise to Gummi Glen at Disneyland is renamed back to Motor Boat Cruise.
- 1993 - The Green Thumb Emporium shop opens in The Land in Epcot Center.
- 1993 - The Washington Post newspaper publishes two large reports about the proposed, but not yet announced, Disney theme park in Virginia.
- 1993 - Euro Disney SCA reports a first-year loss of 5.3 billion French francs (US$901 million).
- 1996 - The ASIFA-Hollywood chapter of the International Animated Film Society holds its Annie Awards ceremony. Disney's Toy Story film wins all nine categories in which it is nominated.
- 2000 - The Disney Channel premieres the film Phantom of the Megaplex.
- 2007 - The Disney Channel begins airing the British puppet TV series Bunnytown.
- 2009 - Disney releases the film Up on DVD and Blu-ray in the US. Included is the short film Dug's Special Mission.
- 2009 - The Disney Cruise Line begins accepting bookings for the Disney Dream cruise line.
- 2011 - The Cheshire Café opens in Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Formerly Enchanted Grove.
Births on November 10
Deaths on November 10
- 1964 - Death of Jimmy Dodd of a staph infection, at age 54, in Oahu, Hawaii; adult host on The Mickey Mouse Club.
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