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What happened in history on this day: June 20?
On June 20 in ...
- 1930 - Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film The Fire Fighters. Minnie Mouse also appears.
- 1936 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Rival is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears. Mortimer Mouse makes his debut.
- 1936 - The Mickey Mouse film Moving Day is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear.
- 1941 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film The Reluctant Dragon to theaters. The premiere is held at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. For the most part, this is Disney's first live-action film. It cost US$600,000 to make. The animated Goofy short film How to Ride a Horse, and the animated short film The Reluctant Dragon are included.
- 1941 - The Mickey Mouse film The Nifty Nineties is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, and Goofy also appear.
- 1947 - The Donald Duck film Clown of the Jungle is released.
- 1953 - The Goofy film Father's Weekend is released.
- 1956 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Great Locomotive Chase to theaters in the US.
- 1973 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film One Little Indian to theaters.
- 1976 - The River Country water park opens at Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - Disney stock drops to US$46 per share.
- 1989 - Bhutan issues 24 postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of Mickey Mouse.
- 1992 - The NBC TV network airs the last episode of the TV show The Torkelsons.
- 1995 - Touchstone Home Video releases the film Slam Dunk Ernest on videocassette.
- 1995 - The Walt Disney Company announces plans for a fourth theme park in Florida, Disney's Animal Kingdom. The new park is expected to cost US$760 million to create, over a 200-hectare area. It is due to open in 1998.
- 1995 - The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter attraction opens in Tomorrowland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1999 - The 20th Century Music Company opens on Main Street at Disneyland.
- 2001 - Peter Schneider announces he is leaving Disney as chairman of the film studio.
- 2001 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A kid has four tickets to "The Lion King On Stage".
- 2001 - The ABC TV network premieres The Beast TV series.
- 2008 - The Disney Channel premieres the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock.
- 2012 - The Freeform TV network premieres the Baby Daddy TV show.
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