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What happened in history on this day: August 15?
On August 15 in ...
- 1946 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Make Mine Music to theaters. It comprises the following animated short films The Martins and the Coys, Casey at the Bat, Peter and the Wolf, Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet, and The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met.
- 1994 - At Disneyland, the Disneyland Railroad engine No. 3, the Fred Gurley, is celebrated for the 100th anniversary as an operating steam locomotive.
- 1994 - Disney begins publishing Family PC magazine.
- 1995 - Disney releases the film Heavyweights on laserdisc in the US, for US$40.
- 1995 - Disney releases the film Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill on laserdisc in the US, for US$40.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film G.I. Jane to theaters in the USA.
- 1999 - The maiden voyage of the Disney Wonder cruise ship takes place.
- 2003 - The Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls premieres.
- 2005 - Disney premieres the home-video release of Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch in Oahu, Hawaii.
- 2010 - The final episode of the At the Movies TV show airs.
Births on August 15
- 1917 - Birth of Chuck Boyajian in Ohio, USA; Disneyland worker 1955-81 as Manager of Custodial Operations.
Deaths on August 15
- 2009 - Death of Virginia McGhee at age 90 in Corona, California; at age 4, as Virginia Davis, played the role of Alice in Walt Disney's Alice Comedies films in 1923.
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