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What happened in history on this day: February 2?
On February 2 in ...
- 1928 - Charles Mintz signs a new three-year agreement with Universal Pictures to provide Oswald cartoons.
- 1953 - Walt Disney signs a licensing deal with Mitchell Gertz for rights to produce a Zorro TV show.
- 1955 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the film The Reluctant Dragon, and Wind in the Willows, part of the film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Bristle Face, part two.
- 1967 - Disney releases the documentary film EPCOT for showing in Florida, to inform residents of the plans for Walt Disney World and EPCOT.
- 1969 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Pancho, the Fastest Paw in the West. The film is based on the book by Bruce Grant.
- 1986 - Disney returns to Sunday night TV on ABC, with Michael Eisner hosting the first The Disney Sunday Night Movie, entitled Help Wanted: Kids. It ranks 41st out of the week's 68 network programs.
- 1988 - The first filming at the Disney-MGM Studios begins, for the movie Splash Too.
- 1989 - Photography begins on the film Dick Tracy.
- 1990 - Buena Vista releases the Touchstone Pictures / Samuel Goldwyn live-action feature film Stella to theaters.
- 1991 - Bhutan issues 28 postage stamps depicting Disney characters and wonders of the World.
- 1992 - Disney's Dixie Landings Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World. It includes the Boatwright's Dining Hall restaurant, and Fulton's General Store.
- 1994 - Disney announces it will buy and restore the New Amsterdam theater on 42nd Street in New York City.
- 1994 - Disney previews the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film The Lion King in New York.
- 1996 - The last show of the syndicated TV talk show Danny airs.
- 1996 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film White Squall to theaters in the USA.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A mugger is wearing a Goofy hat.
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