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What happened in history on this day: May 12?
On May 12 in ...
- 1926 - Bard's Hollywood Theater in Los Angeles previews the 34th Alice Comedy film, Alice the Fire Fighter.
- 1932 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Revue is released to theaters. Pluto and Horace Horsecollar also appear. Goofy appears for the first time, with the name "Dippy Dawg".
- 1956 - The Horseless Carriage (red) begins operation on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland.
- 1967 - Florida's Governor Claude Kirk signs legislation creating the Reedy Creek Improvement District, enabling Walt Disney Productions' operation of Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - Disney executives spend the weekend viewing Arvida properties in Florida.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Crimson Tide to theaters in the USA.
- 1998 - Touchstone Home Video releases the film Playing God on videocassette.
- 1998 - Hollywood Pictures Home Video releases the film Washington Square on videocassette.
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A babysitter arrives at a home via umbrella, calling herself Susicalifragilistic, references to Disney's Mary Poppins film.
- 2007 - Disney debuts a new kids' TV show, My Friends Tigger & Pooh. The show introduces a new character, Darby, a six-year-old girl.
- 2007 - The Disney Magic cruise ship departs from Port Canaveral, Florida for a 14-day eastbound repositioning cruise to Barcelona, Spain, where it will begin Disney Cruise Line's first Mediterranean cruises.
- 2009 - The Cannes film festival opens in France, with a preview of the Disney-Pixar 3D animation comedy film Up.
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