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What happened in history on this day: January 8?
On January 8 in ...
- 1956 - The Mickey Mouse Club Circus in Disneyland closes.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring portions of the film Saludos Amigos.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the fourth "The Swamp Fox" episode, Day of Reckoning.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the seventh "The Swamp Fox" episode, A Woman's Courage.
- 1962 - The Chicken Plantation Restaurant in Frontierland at Disneyland closes, and is torn down to make way for New Orleans Square.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Willie and the Yank: The Deserter, part one.
- 1969 - Disney submits to the U.S. Forest Service its master plan for a proposed Mineral King ski resort.
- 1978 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Three on the Run.
- 1981 - Disneyland welcomes its 200-millionth guest, Gert Schelvis.
- 1989 - The NBC TV network airs The Magical World of Disney show, featuring Dinosaur... Secret of the Lost Legend.
- 1996 - St. Vincent issues 69 postage stamps depicting Disney characters in various occupations.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the Miramax live-action feature film Little Voice to theaters in Great Britain.
Births on January 8
Deaths on January 8
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Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
Other web pages of interest:
Chronology of the Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney on Postage Stamps
Today in Sports History
Today in USA History
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