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What happened in history on this day: April 5?
On April 5 in ...
- 1930 - The Mickey Mouse film The Barnyard Concert is completed.
- 1940 - The Donald Duck film Donald's Dog Laundry is released to theaters. Pluto also appears.
- 1956 - The Bathroom of Tomorrow attraction opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland, sponsored by the Crane Company.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Greyfriars Bobby, part two.
- 1965 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Actress) to Julie Andrews for her role in the film Mary Poppins.
- 1965 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Music, Song) to Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman for the song "Chim Chim Cher-ee" in the film Mary Poppins.
- 1965 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Music, Music Score - Substantially Original) for the film Mary Poppins.
- 1965 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Film Editing) to Cotton Warburton for the film Mary Poppins.
- 1965 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Special Visual Effects) to Peter Ellenshaw, Hamilton Luske, and Eustace Lycett for the film Mary Poppins.
- 1965 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Scientific or Technical, Class I) to Ub Iwerks, Petro Vlahos, and Wadsworth Pohl for the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography.
- 1986 - The Disney Channel begins airing the nine-part series Return to Treasure Island.
- 1991 - Disney announces plans to produce a lottery TV show for the Lottery Innovations Corporation, an association of 22 state lottery officials.
- 1991 - The NBC TV network begins airs the series The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage.
- 1991 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film The Marrying Man to theatres. The film cost US$23 million to make.
- 1993 - Disney releases the laserdisc Darkwing Duck Volume 1 for US$30. It includes Darkly Dawns the Duck, Birth of Negaduck!, Tiff of the Titans.
- 1993 - Disney releases the laserdisc Darkwing Duck Volume 2 for US$30. It includes Just Us Justice Ducks, Comic Book Capers, Brush with Oblivion.
- 1994 - Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg meet for lunch, and discuss whether Katzenberg could be president of Disney. Eisner is not convinced. Katzenberg gives Eisner an ultimatum: "Either I get Frank's job as president, or I'm going to leave the company.".
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures Distribution gives a sneak preview of the Hollywood Pictures film Grosse Pointe Blank at theaters in New York City.
- 2002 - Disney releases the Touchstone film Big Trouble to theaters in the USA.
- 2006 - The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique store opens in the World of Disney at Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World.
- 2006 - The Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour in Fantasyland at Tokyo Disneyland closes.
- 2008 - The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror opens at Disneyland Paris, in France.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. "ESPN SPORTS NEWS" appears on a personal computer.
- 2011 - Disney releases the film Tron: Legacy on Blu-Ray and DVD in the US.
Births on April 5
- 1910 - Birth of Richard Irvine in Salt Lake City, Utah; art director for films, some Disney, headed Imagineering (WED) for creation of every Disneyland attraction, Walt Disney World, retired 1973, named Disney Legend 1990.
Deaths on April 5
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