This Day in Disney History
October 9

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What happened in history on this day: October 9?

On October 9 in ...

  • 1925 - The Apollo Theater in Los Angeles premieres the Alice Comedy film Alice Rattled by Rats.
  • 1930 - Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film The Picnic. Minnie Mouse also appears. Pluto also appears as "Rover", Minnie's dog.
  • 1941 - Bank of America's Joe Rosenberg tells Roy Disney of an absolute limit of US$3.5 million that could be loaned to the company.
  • 1942 - The Goofy film The Olympic Champ is released to theaters.
  • 1957 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the second "Saga of Andy Burnett" episode, Andy's First Chore.
  • 1959 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring Moochie of the Little League, part two.
  • 1966 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Savage Sam, part two.
  • 1983 - The Disney Channel airs The Disney Channel Premiere Film Tiger Town.
  • 1988 - The NBC TV network begins airing The Magical World of Disney on Sunday nights.
  • 1992 - Disney releases the film The Great Mouse Detective on videocassette (VHS), and on laserdisc for US$30-40.
  • 1992 - The film Beauty and the Beast is released to theaters in the United Kingdom.
  • 1993 - Disney premieres the film Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas at the New York Film Festival.
  • 1995 - Guyana issues thirty postage stamps depicting scenes from the film Pocahontas.
  • 1995 - The CBS TV network airs the last episode of If Not For You.
  • 1998 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Holy Man to theaters in the USA.
  • 1998 - Buena Vista generally releases the animated feature film Mulan to theaters in Great Britain.
  • 2001 - Walt Disney Home Video releases the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on a Platinum Series two DVD set.
  • 2003 - Hewlett-Packard announces a ten-year extension to its business and technology partnership with Disney.
  • 2003 - The Mission: Space attraction opens in Epcot at Walt Disney World. The attraction cost US$150 million to build.

Births on October 9

Deaths on October 9



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