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What happened in history on this day: March 3?
On March 3 in ...
- 1928 - Charles Mintz offers Walt Disney $1800 per film, 50 percent of profits, and would take over the Disney studio, paying Walt and Roy $200 per week as his employees. Walt refuses.
- 1934 - The Mickey Mouse film Playful Pluto is released to theaters. Pluto also appears.
- 1950 - The special animated short film The Brave Engineer is released.
- 1963 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Square Peg in a Round Hole with Ludwig von Drake, Donald Duck, and Goofy.
- 1967 - Buena Vista releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin to theaters. The film is based on the novel By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Young Loner, part two.
- 1974 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Ringo, the Refugee Raccoon.
- 1983 - The Buena Vista Palace hotel opens at Lake Buena Vista at Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - The Disney Channel begins airing episodes of the TV series The Edison Twins.
- 1989 - Disney releases the film D.O.A. to theaters in the United Kingdom.
- 1993 - Disney releases the laserdisc 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Exclusive Archive Collection for US$70.
- 1994 - In France, an agreement in principle is reached between Disney general counsel Sandy Litvack and Euro Disney creditors for restructuring the park's debt.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Man of the House to theaters in the USA.
- 1995 - The Indiana Jones Adventure - Temple of the Forbidden Eye ride opens in Adventureland at Disneyland. Estimated cost to build: US$100 million. This is the largest attraction at Disneyland.
- 2004 - At the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Walt Disney Company holds its annual shareholders meeting. After various speeches, the inspector of elections reads the vote tallies. 45 percent of shareholders withheld their votes to re-elect Michael Eisner to the board of directors, and 24 percent withheld votes from George Mitchell.
- 2004 - (evening) The Disney board of directors meets, deciding to replace Michael Eisner with George Mitchell as chairman. A press releases is issued making the announcement.
- 2010 - (to May 16) The Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival is held at Epcot Center.
Births on March 3
Deaths on March 3
- 1993 - Death of Harper Goff at age 81 in Los Angeles, California; designed interior of Nautilus of film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, designed many Disneyland and EPCOT buildings and attractions, named a Disney Legend in 1993.
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