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What happened in history on this day: November 18?
On November 18 in ...
- 1928 - The Colony Theater in New York debuts the Mickey Mouse film Steamboat Willie, prior to the main feature Gang War. This is the sound debut of Mickey Mouse, with Minnie Mouse (unnamed) as co-star. The music of "Turkey in the Straw" is used. The film uses Pat Powers' Cinephone system, which was illegally copied from RCA's sound recording equipment. The film is shown every night for two weeks, with Walt Disney attending every showing.
- 1929 - Walt Disney sends the first six specimens for a Mickey Mouse comic strip to King Features.
- 1932 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Honorable Mention Oscar award to Walt Disney Productions for "Distinctive Achievement", the creation of Mickey Mouse.
- 1932 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) to Disney for the film Flowers and Trees. This is the first Academy Award for a cartoon.
- 1932 - The animated film collage Parade of the Award Nominees is released to theaters.
- 1962 - The Swiss Family Treehouse attraction opens in Adventureland at Disneyland. The opening ceremony is hosted by Walt Disney, with Hayley Mills, John Mills, Kevin Corcoran. The sixty foot tall artificial tree has 300,000 bright red vinyl leaves.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Magnificent Rebel, part one.
- 1978 - A commemorative plaque is installed at the Broadway Theater (formerly Colony Theater) in New York, marking the 50th anniversary of the premiere of the film Steamboat Willie.
- 1978 - The Museum of Modern Art in New York City holds a birthday party for Mickey Mouse, showing Steamboat Mickey at noon, fifty years after its first public showing.
- 1983 - The Hilton Hotel opens on Lake Buena Vista at Walt Disney World.
- 1987 - Sears, Roebuck & Company agrees to a ten-year alliance to market products based on Disney characters.
- 1988 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film Oliver & Company to theaters. It cost US$18 million to make.
- 1990 - The Party Gras Parade makes its last run at Disneyland.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network airs the Disney TV movie Polly - Comin' Home.
- 1991 - St. Vincent issues 16 postage stamps depicting scenes from The Prince and the Pauper.
- 1991 - St. Vincent issues 16 postage stamps depicting scenes from The Rescuers Down Under.
- 1991 - The Grenadines of St. Vincent issues ten postage stamps depicting Walt Disney Company Christmas cards.
- 1992 - Mickey's Car of the 'EAR is created in Tokyo Disneyland.
- 1993 - An Audio-Animatronic robot of President Bill Clinton first performs in the Hall of Presidents show at Walt Disney World.
- 1993 - The bronze statue Partners of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse is installed at the Plaza Hub at Disneyland.
- 1994 - Disney releases the animated feature film The Lion King to theaters in Denmark and Sweden.
- 1994 - Disney re-releases the animated feature film The Lion King to theaters in the USA.
- 1994 - Disney re-releases the film The Lion King to theaters in the US.
- 1995 - Disney releases the film Mickey's Christmas Carol on laserdisc in Japan, for 3900 Yen. It also includes the film The Small One.
- 1995 - Disney releases the film Prince and the Pauper on laserdisc in Japan, for 3900 Yen. It also includes the film The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
- 1995 - At Celebration, Florida, a lottery amoung about 5000 people is held to determine who would have the chance to buy the first 474 houses and apartments in the new city.
- 1996 - Disney premieres the live-action feature film 101 Dalmatians in New York City.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment releases the film Prefontaine on videocassette.
- 1999 - Activision releases the Toy Story 2 video game for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- A bartender says "I am sick of you drunks and your shaggy dog stories."; a patron tells the dog next to him "Sorry Shaggy". These are references to Disney's The Shaggy Dog film and sequels.
- Four people dance on a bar counter, a reference to a similar scene in Disney's film Coyote Ugly.
- 2003 - Seventy-five plaster Mickey Mouse statues go on display in Walt Disney World. The art show is entitled Celebrate Mickey: 75 Inspearations. The statues were created by celebrity artists, to honor the 75th anniversary of the film debut of Mickey Mouse.
- 2005 - The Club Cool attraction opens in Innoventions in Epcot in Walt Disney World.
- 2008 - Disney releases the Pixar animated film WALL-E on DVD in the USA and Canada.
- 2008 - Disney releases the Pixar animated short BURN-E on the WALL-E DVD.
- 2012 - Disney Interactive releases the Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion video game for the Nintendo 3DS in the USA.
- 2012 - Disney Interactive releases the Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two video game for the Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in the USA.
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