What happened in history on this day: May 29?
On May 29 in ...
- 1925 - Disney ships the Alice Comedy film Alice Stage Struck to M.J. Winkler Productions.
- 1937 - The Mickey Mouse film Modern Inventions is released to theaters. Donald Duck stars, without Mickey Mouse.
- 1941 - 300-700 Disney animators, members of the Screen Cartoonists Guild, stage a strike of the Disney Studios. More than 1000 picketers appear in the first hour.
- 1944 - The film The Amazon Awakens is delivered to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
- 1957 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled The Liberty Story, including the film Ben and Me, and portions of the film Johnny Tremain.
- 1959 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled I Captured the King of the Leprechauns, including portions of the film Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
- 1980 - Saint Lucia issues ten postage stamps marking the International Year of the Child, and commemorating the 15th anniversary of the first moon walk, depicting various Disney characters in space.
- 1984 - Reliance Group Holdings files a suit in federal court against Disney, claiming that the Arvida deal is "a waste of corporate assets".
- 1984 - Saul Steinberg announces plans to hold a proxy fight, to arrange a stockholders' meeting to vote the current Disney management out of office.
- 1986 - The Spaceship Earth attraction in EPCOT Center is updated with new narration by Walter Cronkite.
- 1987 - The Briar Rose Cottage shop opens in Fantasyland in Disneyland. This spot was formerly Mickey's Christmas Chalet.
- 1991 - Tokyo Disneyland welcomes its 100-millionth guest.
- 1991 - Uganda issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters in Japan.
- 1992 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Sister Act to theatres.
- 2009 - Disney releases the Pixar animated feature film Up to theaters in the USA and Canada.
- 2012 - The ABC TV network airs the last Cougar Town episode.
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