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What happened in history on this day: December 22?
On December 22 in ...
- 1925 - Bard's Glendale Theater in Los Angeles previews the Alice Comedy film Alice's Orphan.
- 1954 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled the 1954 Christmas Show.
- 1955 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The Littlest Outlaw to theaters in the US. The film is based on a story by Larry Lansburgh.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show.
- 1970 - San Marino issues ten postage stamps of Walt Disney and various Disney animated characters, including Donald Duck.
- 1980 - Maldives issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Alice in Wonderland.
- 1982 - (4:34 PM) All electrical power to Disneyland and Anaheim is cut due to winds knocking over a northern California powerline. The park is evacuated, but power returns in under two hours.
- 1988 - Disney releases the film Return to Snowy River on videocasstte, and on laserdisc for US$37.
- 1993 - Uganda issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters with dinosaurs.
- 1995 - The Chef Mickey's restaurant opens in the Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World. Formerly the Contemporary Café.
- 1995 - The Gambia issues sixteen postage stamps depicting various Disney characters as cowboys and indians.
- 1995 - Disney releases the animated short film Disney's Timon and Pumbaa in Stand by Me to theaters in the US.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Tom and Huck to theaters in the US. The film is based on the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
- 1996 - The ABC TV network premieres The Christmas Tree movie.
- 1998 - Disney releases the film Summer of the Monkeys on videocassette.
- 1999 - The film Fantasia/2000 is shown at the Theatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France.
- 2000 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures / Universal Pictures live-action feature film O Brother, Where Art Thou? to theaters in the USA.
- 2002 - The Enchanted Christmas Ball begins performances on Main Street, U.S.A., in Fantasyland, and Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris.
Births on December 22
Deaths on December 22
- 1995 - Death of Bill Cottrell in Los Angeles, California, USA; cameraman at Walt Disney Company on animation films, first recognized for 50 years service, helped plan and build Disneyland, named a Disney Legend in 1994.
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