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What happened in history on this day: July 8?
On July 8 in ...
- 1931 - Pluto is introduced to the Mickey Mouse newspaper comic strip.
- 1938 - The Donald Duck film Good Scouts is released to theaters. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear.
- 1956 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film How to Have an Accident in the Home to theaters.
- 1964 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Moon-Spinners to theaters in the US. The film is based on the novel by Mary Stewart.
- 1974 - The first death of a Disneyland employee on duty is recorded. Deborah Stone is crushed between a moving wall and a stationary wall of the America Sings revolving theater.
- 1994 - Disney releases the animated feature film The Lion King to theaters in Hong Kong.
- 1994 - The Legend of the Lion King attraction opens in Fantasyland in the Magic Kindom of Walt Disney World.
- 1995 - The last episode of the TV series Empty Nest airs.
- 2005 - Roy Edward Disney is named director emeritus and consultant.
- 2005 - The Touchstone film Dark Water is released to theaters in the USA.
- 2008 - The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique store opens in the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel.
Births on July 8
Deaths on July 8
- 1974 - The first death of a Disneyland employee on duty is recorded. Deborah Stone is crushed between a moving wall and a stationary wall of the America Sings revolving theater.
- 2002 - Ward Kimball dies.
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