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What happened in history on this day: December 31?
On December 31 in ...
- 1924 - Walt Disney signs the new contract with M.J. Winkler Productions for more Alice films.
- 1924 - Disney ships the 12th Alice Comedy film, Alice the Toreador, to M.J. Winkler Productions.
- 1926 - Live-action filming is completed for the Alice Comedy film Circus Story (later named Alice's Circus Daze).
- 1926 - Live-action filming is completed for the Alice Comedy film Alice's Knaughty Knight.
- 1926 - Live-action filming is completed for the Alice Comedy film Alice's Three Bad Eggs.
- 1937 - Walt Disney announces to the Disney family that Pinocchio would be the studio's second animated feature film.
- 1938 - The cover of Radio Guide features Disney's Dopey character.
- 1957 - Disneyland welcomes its 10-millionth guest, Leigh Woolfenden.
- 1957 - The first New Year's Eve Party is held in Disneyland, with 7500 attending.
- 1969 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes to theatres in the USA.
- 1972 - The last Sunday color comic strip of Uncle Remus is published.
- 1983 - The Disney TV show in Canada airs the film The Wise One.
- 1990 - The stage show Dick Tracy Starring in Diamond Double-Cross at Videopolis in Disneyland gives its last performance.
- 1991 - Mongolia issues twelve postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of Fantasia.
- 1991 - Tokyo Disneyland welcomes its 110-millionth guest.
- 1992 - The Beauty and the Beast stage show begins performances at Videopolis in Euro Disneyland.
- 1992 - The 8TRAX club opens in Pleasure Island at Walt Disney World.
- 1994 - The Walt Disney Company signs a preliminary agreement to commit up to US$34 million to renovate and lease the New Amsterdam Theater in New York.
- 1999 - The film Fantasia/2000 is shown at a special screening and gala party at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California. Tickets cost US$2000.
- 1999 - Illuminations 2000 debuts in Epcot at Walt Disney World.
- 1999 - The Imaginations Parade debuts in Disneyland Paris.
- 2008 - The Year of a Million Dreams promotion at Disneyland ends.
- 2011 - The Cirque du Soleil theater in Tokyo Disney Resort ceases playing the production "Zed".
Births on December 31
Deaths on December 31
- 1920 - Birth of Rex Allen on a ranch in Arizona, USA; singer, published over 300 songs, narrated dozens of Disney films and TV shows.
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