What happened in history on this day: September 16?
On September 16 in ...
- 1931 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film The Clock Store. Also known as In A Clock Store.
- 1933 - The Silly Symphony film The Pied Piper is released to theaters.
- 1934 - Donald Duck is introduced to comic strips in the Silly Symphony Sunday edition.
- 1941 - Work finally resumes at the Disney studio, with 694 employees on the payroll, down from 1200 at the start of the strike.
- 1943 - Samuel Goldwyn and Walt Disney announce that the Disney studio would produce an animated sequence for Goldwyn's film Up in Arms.
- 1955 - The Canal Boats of the World attraction in Fantasyland at Disneyland closes for improvements.
- 1984 - The Restaurant el Marrakesh restaurant opens in the Morocco pavilion in World Showcase in EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - The 3-D film attraction The Eternal Sea in Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland closes.
- 1984 - Dennis Stanfill meets with Ray Watson, trying to convince him that he is the best choice for CEO.
- 1984 - Michael Eisner and Frank Wells meet with Stanley Gold. They decide to propose Eisner as CEO and chairman, and Wells as president and chief operating officer. They then begin a week of intense lobbying of the company directors, to ensure a vote in their favor on September 22.
- 1987 - The CBS TV network debuts the Disney-produced show The Oldest Rookie.
- 1991 - The live show Muppets on Location - The Days of Swine and Roses performs at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World.
- 1993 - The Fox TV network begins airing Disney's The Sinbad Show.
- 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Quiz Show to theaters. The film is based on the book Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties by Richard Goodwin.
- 1995 - The ABC TV network begins airing the Touchstone Television TV series Maybe This Time.
- 1995 - The NBC TV network debuts the Touchstone Television TV series Brotherly Love.
- 1997 - Disney releases the film Sleeping Beauty on videocassette.
- 1997 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Silent Trigger on videocassette.
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