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What happened in history on this day: May 14?
On May 14 in ...
- 1923 - Walt writes to New York film distributor Margaret Winkler, looking for a distributor for his new Alice's Wonderland film.
- 1925 - Disney completes the 17th Alice Comedy film, Alice Stage Struck. The working title was Alice's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- 1928 - Universal Pictures releases the 20th Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film, Hungry Hoboes, to theaters.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Magic Highway U.S.A..
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring "Andrews' Raiders, episode 2: Escape to Nowhere".
- 1972 - The first major auction of Disney memorabilia is held at Southeby's auction house in Los Angeles, California. The 170 items sold for a total US$15,000.
- 1978 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Child of Glass.
- 1986 - The Land Grille Room restaurant opens in The Land pavilion in EPCOT Center.
- 1993 - Disney releases the laserdisc Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventures Volume 1 - Whale of a Tale / Stormy, the Wild Seahorse for US$30. It includes Whale of a Tale, Urchin, Stormy, The Great Sebastian.
- 1996 - Hollywood Pictures Home Video releases the film Powder on laserdisc for US$39.99.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the Dimension Films live-action feature film Twin Dragons - Shuanglong Hui to theaters in Great Britain.
- 1999 - Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Endurance to theaters in the USA.
- 2005 - The Disney Magic leaves Port Canaveral, Florida, for its first westbound voyage through the Panama Canal.
- 2006 - The American Broadcasting Company airs the America's Funniest Home Videos TV show in the US. Disney characters (the type with people inside costumes) Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, and Pluto appear.
- 2006 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. In a law court, a lawyer holds a young deer on his lap and asks, "Now Bambi, who started that forest fire that killed your mama?".
- 2007 - Business Week magazine publishes an article listing the World's 25 Most Innovative Companies. Number 8 is the Walt Disney Company.
Births on May 14
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