This Day in Disney History
January 9

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What happened in history on this day: January 9?

On January 9 in ...

  • 1928 - Universal Pictures releases the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film Harem Scarem to theaters.
  • 1937 - The Mickey Mouse film Don Donald is released to theaters. Donald Duck stars, without Mickey Mouse. Donna first appears, later renamed Daisy.
  • 1938 - Leopold Stokowski conducts an orchestra of 85 musicians over three hours to record the sound track to The Sorcerer's Apprentice, in Hollywood.
  • 1959 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the third "Tales of Texas John Slaughter" episode, Killers from Kansas.
  • 1972 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Mountain Born.
  • 1976 - The Disneyana Shop opens on Main Street at Disneyland.
  • 1977 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Kit Carson and the Mountain Men, part one.
  • 1987 - The Star Tours attraction opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. It cost US$32 million to create.
  • 1994 - The Circle-Vision film American Journeys closes at Walt Disney World.
  • 1997 - Michael Eisner signs a new ten-year contract as chairman of Disney. His base salary is US$750,000 per year, plus a bonus tied to the company's financial performance, and he receives stock options for 8 million shares to be exercised between 2003 and 2006. The value of the options is estimated at US$195-771 million.
  • 1998 - Disney registers the Internet domain name "go.com" with InterNIC.
  • 1999 - The Horizons pavilion in EPCOT closes.
  • 2004 - Disneyland welcomes its 500-millionth guest.

Births on January 9

Deaths on January 9

  • 1992 - Death of Claude Coats at age 78; artist at Walt Disney Company 1935-89 for films, displays at Disneyland attractions, named a Disney Legend 1988.



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Other web pages of interest:

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