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What happened in history on this day: September 29?
On September 29 in ...
- 1934 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey Plays Papa is released to theaters. Pluto also appears.
- 1938 - Walt Disney Productions is reorganized to include three subsidiary companies: Walt Disney Enterprises, Liled Realty and Investment Company, the Disney Film Recording Company. Walt and Lillian receive 45,000 shares apiece; Roy and Edna Disney receive 30,000 apiece.
- 1938 - Fifty or sixty animators attend a 2.5-hour piano concert for The Sorcerer's Aprentice, with Walt Disney giving a running commentary on what the audience would see.
- 1963 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Horse Without a Head, part one.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Boomerang, The Dog of Many Talents, part two.
- 1974 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Shokee, the Everglades Panther.
- 1984 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Country to theaters in the US.
- 1991 - The Studio Showcase attraction opens at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World.
- 1993 - Walt Disney Home Video releases the film Beauty and the Beast on videocassette (VHS) for US$25, and on laserdisc for US$29.95 (CAV) and US$49.95 (CLV).
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film The Big Green to theaters in the USA.
- 1995 - Disney releases the film The Lion King on laserdisc in Japan, for 4841 Yen.
- 1995 - Disney releases the animated film compilation Cartoon Classics: Celebrate with Mickey on laserdisc in Japan, for 3900 Yen. It includes: Mickey's Circus, Foul Hunting, Beach Picnic, Mickey's Birthday Party, Wide Open Spaces, Man's Best Friend.
- 1995 - Disney releases the animated film compilation Cartoon Classics: Mickey's Jungle Trouble on laserdisc in Japan, for 3900 Yen. It includes: Mickey's Elephant, Tea for Two Hundred, Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive, Three Blind Mousketeers, Straight Shooters, Tiger Trouble.
- 1995 - Disney releases the animated film compilation Cartoon Classics: Mickey's Summer Madness on laserdisc in Japan, for 3900 Yen. It includes: Mickey Down Under, Mickey and the Seal, Mickey's Trailer, Donald's Golf Game, How to Play Baseball, Alpine Climbers.
- 2000 - Disney generally releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Remember the Titans to theaters in the USA. The film cost US$30 million to produce.
- 2003 - Disney subsidiary Buena Vista Datacasting introduces the video-on-demand service MovieBeam in three cities in the United States: Spokane, Washington, Jacksonville, Florida, and Salt Lake City, Utah. The service lets users download and store films for up to 24 hours on a television set-top device. Rental of the device costs US$6.99 per month, with film costs of US$1.99-3.99 per title.
- 2005 - Disney Electronics introduces Disney Mix Sticks digital audio MP3/WMA players. The audio players can download music files or copy audio tracks from CDs. Storage capacity is 128 MB, enough to hold about 60 songs. Also included are a USB 2.0 connector and SD/MMC card slot. Price is expected to be about US$50 in October. Prerecorded memory cards, called Mix Clips, can be purchased for about the same price as a CD.
- 2006 - Disney introduces annual passports for use at Hong Kong Disneyland.
- 2006 - (to October 31) Halloween Time is first celebrated at Disneyland.
- 2009 - Hyperion Books releases the first fictional Richard Castle crime novel, Heat Wave, written by Nikki Heat.
- 2013 - The ABC TV network premieres the Betrayal TV show.
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