What happened in history on this day: December 13?
On December 13 in ...
- 1925 - Disney ships the Alice Comedy film Alice's Balloon Race to M.J. Winkler Productions.
- 1926 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice's Brown Derby to theaters.
- 1926 - Disney ships the 45th Alice Comedy film, Alice in the Alps, to Winkler Pictures.
- 1940 - The Donald Duck film Fire Chief is released to theaters. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Big Red, part two.
- 1970 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring an extended version of the film It's Tough to Be a Bird.
- 1971 - Buena Vista generally releases the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks to theaters in the US.
- 1975 - Walt Disney Productions announces it will begin construction of EPCOT in 1976, instead of 1977 as planned.
- 1989 - Buena Vista releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Blaze to theaters. It cost US$25 million to make.
- 1990 - Dominica issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters on carousel animals.
- 1990 - Disney and the family of Jim Henson announce the cancelling of Disney's planned acquisition of Henson Associates. Frank Wells had asked for a US$25 million cut in the price of the deal, due to the decreased value of Henson Associates following the death of founder Jim Henson.
- 1996 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures / Samuel Goldwyn Co. live-action feature film The Preacher's Wife to theaters in the US. The film cost US$70 million to produce.
- 1997 - The Toon Up Treats shop opens in Mickey's Toontown at Disneyland.
- 1998 - Disney and Infoseek launch a test version of the Go Network (go.com) Internet Web portal. The new portal combines content from Disney-owned Web sites, including ABC News, ESPN, Family.com, and Mr. Showbiz.
- 2005 - Disney releases the film Kronk's New Groove on DVD in the USA.
- 2006 - The ABC TV network airs the last Day Break TV show.
- 2015 - The ABC TV network airs the Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs special.
- 2015 - The ABC TV network airs the final episode of Blood & Oil.
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