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What happened in history on this day: July 18?
On July 18 in ...
- 1927 - The Paramount Theater in New York City premieres the 54th Alice Comedy film, Alice the Whaler.
- 1932 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey in Arabia is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears.
- 1952 - The Donald Duck film Uncle Donald's Ants is released.
- 1955 - Disneyland opens to the public (10 AM to 10 PM), with general admission costing US$1 for adults and 50 cents for kids. Cost of the twenty attractions range from 10c to 35c. First guests are Kristine Vess and Michael Schwartner. They are both given lifetime passes. A gas leak forces Fantasyland to close early.
- 1955 - The Puffin Bakery shop opens on Main Street at Disneyland.
- 1955 - The Pendleton Woolen Mills Dry Goods Store opens in Frontierland at Disneyland.
- 1955 - At Disneyland, the Casey Jr. Circus Train shuts down operations, to allow the uphill grade to be reduced.
- 1956 - Disney releases the live-action short film Man in Space to theaters.
- 1956 - Disney releases the animated short film Jack and Old Mac to theaters.
- 1965 - The Plaza Inn restaurant opens on the hub at Disneyland. It was formerly the Red Wagon Inn.
- 1965 - The Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln attraction opens in the Main Street Opera House at Disneyland.
- 1971 - The Walt Disney World phone system beins operation, part of the world's first all-electronic telephone company.
- 1978 - The Lake Buena Vista Office Plaza opens at Walt Disney World. It is also knowns as the Sun Bank Building.
- 1984 - Irwin Jacobs reports that he and four associates now own 5.9 percent of Disney stock, making them the largest shareholders.
- 1986 - Disney releases the animated film The Gummi Bears: A New Beginning to theaters in Britain.
- 1990 - Buena Vista releases the Hollywood Pictures / Amblin Entertainment live-action feature film Arachnophobia to theaters. This is the first Hollywood Pictures' release. It cost US$25 million to produce.
- 1993 - The Disney Channel airs the four-hour Disney Channel Premiere Film Heidi.
- 1995 - Capital Cities chairman Tom Murphy calls Michael Eisner, saying the shareholders would prefer to receive Disney stock, not cash, for shares of Capital Cities.
- 1995 - Disney releases the animated film compilation Winnie the Pooh: Learning Volume 2 on laserdisc for US$30. It includes Grown But Not Forgotten, Home is Where The Home Is, Owl's Well That Ends Well, A Very, Very Large Animal, Caws And Effect, To Dream the Impossible Scheme.
- 1999 - Disney premieres the live-action feature film Inspector Gadget.
- 2001 - The ABC TV network airs the last The Beast TV show.
- 2014 - The Club 33 restaurant in Disneyland re-opens after a renovation and expansion.
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