This Day in Disney History
January 2

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What happened in history on this day: January 2?

On January 2 in ...

  • 1931 - Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film The Birthday Party. Minnie Mouse, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow also appear.
  • 1937 - The Mickey Mouse film The Worm Turns is released to theaters.
  • 1938 - Leopold Stokowski arrives in Los Angeles to approve the story for The Sorcerer's Apprentice and record the score.
  • 1977 - The Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland attraction in Disneyland closes.
  • 1977 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled The Golden Dog.
  • 1982 - The CBS TV network airs the Walt Disney show, entitled Man's Hunting Instinct.
  • 1984 - The Astuter Computer Revue show in EPCOT Computer Control at Walt Disney World closes.
  • 1995 - The animated TV series The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show first airs in syndication. It includes three segments: Shnookums and Meat, Pith Possum: Super Dynamic Possum of Tomorrow, and Tex Tinstar: The Best in the West.
  • 1996 - The World of Motion attraction in Future World in Epcot closes.
  • 1996 - Disney releases the film A Goofy Movie on laserdisc in the US, for US$30.
  • 1997 - Guyana issues fourteen postage stamps depicting various Disney characters celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year.
  • 2001 - Disney's Grand Californian Hotel opens.
  • 2002 - IMAX Corporation releases the film Beauty and the Beast to theaters in Belgium.

Births on January 2

Deaths on January 2




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  • Chronology of the Walt Disney Company
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  • Today in Sports History
  • Today in USA History
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