What happened in history on this day: March 7?
On March 7 in ...
- 1927 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice the Collegiate to theaters.
- 1931 - Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film Traffic Troubles. Minnie Mouse also appears.
- 1936 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Grand Opera is released to theaters. Pluto also appears.
- 1941 - The Donald Duck film Golden Eggs is released to theaters.
- 1944 - Walt Disney writes a letter to North Carolina Senator Robert R. Reynolds, urging that the House Un-American Activities Committee intensify its presence in Hollywood.
- 1955 - The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards an Emmy Award (Best Individual Show, 1954) to the Walt Disney Studio for the Disneyland TV episode, Operation Undersea.
- 1955 - The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards an Emmy Award (Best Variety Series, 1954) to the Walt Disney Studio for the Disneyland TV series.
- 1955 - The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards an Emmy Award (Best Television Film Editing, 1954) to the Walt Disney Studio (Grant Smith and Lynn Harrison) for the Disneyland TV episode Operation Undersea.
- 1956 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled On Vacation.
- 1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Almost Angels, part two.
- 1971 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Hamad and the Pirates, part one.
- 1981 - The first murder at Disneyland is recorded. James O'Driscoll stabs and kills Mel Yorba, after accusing him of touching his girlfriend.
- 1983 - The CBS TV network debuts the Disney TV series Small and Frye.
- 1988 - The Chocolat Rue Royale shop opens in New Orleans Square in Disneyland.
- 1993 - The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Spies.
- 1997 - The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland is re-opened, after a two-month rehabilitation. The scene of pirates chasing women is replaced by pirates chasing food.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Jungle 2 Jungle to theaters in the USA.
- 2000 - Disney releases the film Pinocchio on videocassette and DVD.
- 2003 - Disney releases the Touchstone film Bringing Down the House to theaters.
- 2008 - Buena Vista relesses the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film College Road Trip to theaters in the USA.
Births on March 7
- 1942 - Birth of Michael Eisner in Mount Kisko, New York.
Deaths on March 7
- 1981 - The first murder at Disneyland is recorded. James O'Driscoll stabs and kills Mel Yorba, after accusing him of touching his girlfriend.
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