What happened in history on this day: August 19?
On August 19 in ...
- 1926 - Disney ships the 39th Alice Comedy film, Alice the Lumber Jack, to M.J. Winkler Productions.
- 1931 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film Egyptian Melodies.
- 1933 - The Silly Symphony film Lullaby Land is released to theaters.
- 1938 - The Mickey Mouse film The Whalers is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear.
- 1955 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film Bearly Asleep to theaters. Humphrey Bear also appears.
- 1984 - Michael Eisner meets with Frank Wells and Stanley Gold. Gold explains that they want the Disney board of directors to consider Wells and Eisner for the top jobs.
- 1989 - Disney releases the TV show Ernest Goes to Splash Mountain to syndication.
- 1991 - The NBC TV network airs the last episode of Carol & Co..
- 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures / Cinergi Pictures live-action feature film Color of Night to theaters.
- 1998 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. When the sewers flood the streets, the music from Fantasia begins to play, monsters dance like the creatures in Fantasia. Mr. Hankey wears the blue cap (with stars) and red robe that Sorcerer Mickey wears in the film, as he "conducts" the sewage.
- 2005 - Disney releases the animated feature film Valiant to theaters in the USA.
- 2008 - Disney releases the Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour on DVD in Canada.
- 2011 - (to September 21) In Anaheim, California, the D23 Disney Expo convention is held at the Anaheim Convention Center. The US Postal Service holds a first-day ceremony for the Pixar Films: Send a Hello postage stamps. The five different Forever-denominated stamps show characters from films Cars, Ratatouille, Toy Story, Up, and WALL-E.
- 2011 - The US Postal Service issues five "forever"-value first-class postage stamps depicting characters from Pixar films: Cars, Ratatouille, Toy Story, Up, Wall-E.
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