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What happened in history on this day: September 24?
On September 24 in ...
- 1937 - The Mickey Mouse film Hawaiian Holiday is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Pluto, Minnie Mouse, and Goofy also appear.
- 1953 - Roy Disney receives word that prospective financiers in New York for Disneyland want to meet next week. He contacts Walt, asking for a visual presentation to take.
- 1959 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the Disney-produced TV show, Zorro. ABC cancelled the show because it was cheaper to finance its own shows. 78 episodes were produced.
- 1961 - The NBC TV network debuts the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, on Sunday nights from 7:30 to 8:30. The first show is entitled An Adventure in Color, Mathmagic Land. A new character, Ludwig von Drake, is introduced. This show airs the previously released film Donald in Mathmagic Land.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled How the West Was Lost.
- 1972 - The Golden Bear Lodge Restaurant opens in Bear Country at Disneyland.
- 1982 - Buena Vista generally releases the film Tex to theaters in the US.
- 1983 - The CBS TV network airs the Walt Disney TV show for the last time, entitled Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald.
- 1984 - Michael Eisner and Frank Wells begin their first official day of work at Disney.
- 1984 - The Frontierland Shootin' Arcade attraction opens in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - Disney formally announces the election of Michael Eisner as chairman and CEO, and of Frank Wells as president and chief operating officer.
- 1984 - Unions representing one-third of Disneyland's employees vote 69 percent to reject the company's latest contract offer, and authorize a strike.
- 1984 - Michael Eisner and Frank Wells try to reassure nervous Disneyland employees, speaking from a bandstand built for the film Something Wicked This Way Comes.
- 1985 - The Lotus Blossom Cafe restaurant opens in the China pavilion in World Showcase in EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World.
- 1986 - The La Boutique des Provinces shop opens in the Canada pavilion in World Showcase in EPCOT Center.
- 1991 - The stage show Hollywood's Pretty Woman begins.
- 1992 - The first Disney-hosted Disneyana Convention is held, over four days in the Contemporary Resort Convention Center at Walt Disney World. 750 people attend.
- 1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character refers to Euro Krustyland, an obvious reference to Disney's Euro Disneyland theme park.
- 1993 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures / Samuel Goldwyn live-action feature film The Program to theaters in the US.
- 1993 - The ABC TV network begins airing the series Boy Meets World.
- 1999 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Mumford to theaters in the USA.
- 2006 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Someone tells a scientist to "go inside and do your Flubber", a reference to Disney's Flubber film.
- 2006 - The ABC TV network premieres the Brothers & Sisters TV show.
- 2007 - Business Week magazines publishes an article on The Best Places to Launch a Career. At number 7 is the Walt Disney Company.
- 2014 - The ABC TV network premieres the black-ish show.
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