What happened in history on this day: December 12?
On December 12 in ...
- 1927 - Universal Pictures releases the 12th Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film, Empty Socks.
- 1931 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film The Ugly Duckling.
- 1937 - A new Sunday color comic strip is published, featuring the animated characters from the feature films. The first edition is "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
- 1941 - Disney delivers the animated film 7 Wise Dwarfs to the National Film Board of Canada. It stars the dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- 1952 - The Goofy film How to Be a Detective is released.
- 1956 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Pluto's Day.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the fourth "Elfego Baca" episode, Law and Order, Incorporated.
- 1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Summer Magic, part two.
- 1979 - Grenada Grenadines issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters, marking the International Year of the Child.
- 1981 - The CBS TV network airs the Walt Disney show, entitled Walt Disney ... One Man's Dream. The show is a two-hour documentary.
- 1989 - Disneyland raises entrance gate prices by US$2 to US$25.50 for adults and US$20.50 for children.
- 1991 - Guyana issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in Olympic sports.
- 1991 - Disney decides which of its two large California projects it will go ahead with. It will develop the site adjacent to Disneyland for its next theme park. The project is called the Disneyland Resort, which will include Westcot Center, hotels, a lake, and a shopping mall.
- 1993 - The last show of the TV series Countdown at the Neon Armadillo airs.
- 1996 - St. Vincent issues 27 postage stamps depicting scenes from the film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- 1996 - Disney announces the resignation of Michael Ovitz as president of the Walt Disney Company. His total compensation package totals US$140 million.
- 2000 - Disney releases the film Air Bud: World Pup on videocassette and DVD in the USA.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A t-shirt salesman tells another character he sold the t-shirt design rights to the Disney company.
- 2006 - Disney releases the film Air Buddies on DVD in the USA.
- 2010 - ABC Family premieres the Christmas Cupid movie.
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