What happened in history on this day: February 7?
On February 7 in ...
- 1927 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice at the Carnival to theaters.
- 1936 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Who Killed Cock Robin? for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1936 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Three Orphan Kittens for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1937 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Country Cousin for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1938 - The first daily "Donald Duck" comic strip is published, written by Bob Karp, drawn by Al Taliaferro.
- 1940 - RKO Radio Pictures world premieres Disney's second animated feature film, Pinocchio, at the Central Theatre in New York. The film cost US$2.6 million to make. The film is based on the story by Carlo Lorenzini.
- 1942 - The film The New Spirit is premiered in Washington, DC.
- 1942 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Birthday Party is released. Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Clara Cluck, and Goofy also appear. The film is a color remake of the 1931 film The Birthday Party.
- 1944 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Saludos Amigos for an Oscar Award in the category Sound Recording.
- 1944 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Victory Through Air Power for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.
- 1944 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Saludos Amigos for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture.
- 1944 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Saludos Amigos" from the film Saludos Amigos for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Song.
- 1944 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Reason and Emotion for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Gallegher, part three.
- 1971 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Bayou Bay, part one.
- 1988 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled Rock 'n' Roll Mom.
- 1989 - St. Vincent issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters in India-related themes.
- 1989 - The Grenadines of St. Vincent issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters in India.
- 1992 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Medicine Man to theatres.
- 1997 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Most of the show is a parody of the Disney film Mary Poppins:
- the show's title "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'oh-cious" ("Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"),
- the name of the nanny Shary Bobbins (Mary Poppins),
- song "Cut Every Corner" ("A Spoonful of Sugar"),
- song "A Boozehound Named Barney" ("Feed the Birds Tuppence a Bag"),
- a character says "Superduperfragicallyexpialido..." ("Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious").
A dream sequence resembles the black-and-white musical cow in Disney's Steamboat Willie, complete with "Turkey in the Straw" music playing. A character asks "Did you say Mary Pop...", to which the reply is "No, I definately did not. I'm an original creation like Ricky Rouse and Ronald Ruck.".
- 1997 - At the Walt Disney World Speedway, the Richard Petty Driving Experience begins offering driving and passenger rides in stock cars.
- 2004 - (to March 7) At Disneyland Paris in France, The Lion King Carnival musical dance performs.
- 2006 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the TV series Crumbs.
- 2006 - Disney releases the animated film Bambi II on DVD in the USA.
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