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What happened in history on this day: March 2?
On March 2 in ...
- 1928 - In New York, Walt meet with Bill Nolan, one of the lead animators of Krazy Kat, and with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer again, and with Fox. Metro says it is not releasing any cartoons this year. Fox says it is not releasing any cartoons it does not make itself.
- 1928 - Walt Disney meets with Charles Mintz again. Mintz raises his offer to $1750 per film plus 50 percent profits. Walt says he will accept it if Mintz produces the contract immediately. Mintz says he cannot.
- 1928 - In New York, Walt Disney meets with Manny Goldstein of Universal Pictures. Goldstein says he must deal with Charles Mintz for this year due to their contract.
- 1951 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film Dude Duck to theaters.
- 1955 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen.
- 1969 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Nature's Better Built Homes, with Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore.
- 1976 - Walt Disney World welcomes its 50-millionth guest, Susan Brummer.
- 1986 - The Disney Channel begins airing Enchanted Musical Playhouse. The first show is entitled The Story of Ferdinand.
- 1986 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled The Undergrads. The film was previously shown on The Disney Channel.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- At a shopping mall, a store is called "Something Wicker This Way Comes", a reference to the Disney film Something Wicked This Way Comes.
- A character refers to the film "Honey, I ScotchGuarded the Kids", a reference to the Disney film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
- 2004 - On the evening before the annual shareholders meeting, Michael Eisner, Robert Iger, and the Disney board of directors meet. Eisner offers to resign, but the board opposes this. Eisner agrees to cede the title of chairman to George Mitchell.
- 2007 - Disney releases the live-action feature film Wild Hogs to theaters in the USA.
- 2009 - Disney Cruise Line begins construction on two new ships, with a steel cutting ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.
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