This Day in Disney History
November 29

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What happened in history on this day: November 29?

On November 29 in ...

  • 1924 - Disney ships the 11th Alice Comedy film, Alice Cans the Cannibals, to M.J. Winkler Productions.
  • 1926 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice's Spanish Guitar to theaters.
  • 1926 - Disney ships the 44th Alice Comedy film, Alice the Collegiate, to Winkler Pictures.
  • 1937 - Walt Disney receives a letter from Leopold Stokowski, suggesting Walt create a new character to use in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, instead of using Mickey Mouse.
  • 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Toby Tyler, part two.
  • 1982 - Anguilla issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh films.
  • 1987 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled Student Exchange, part one.
  • 1989 - The Gambia issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters riding carousel horses.
  • 1996 - Saudi-owned satellite relay station Orbit (based in Rome, Italy) announces it will introduce a special version of the Disney Channel to 23 countries in the Middle East and North Africa on April 2, broadcast in Arabic or with subtitles.
  • 2005 - Disney releases the film Sky High on DVD in the USA.
  • 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA.
    • The title of the episode, "Rednecks and Broomsticks", is a play on the title of the 1971 Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
    • A rabbit and a young deer trying to get on the ice with the deer falling flat is a reference to a similar scene in the 1942 animated Walt Disney movie Bambi.
    • A group of six performing bears is called the "Country Bear Jamboree", a reference to the attraction at Disneyland.

Births on November 29

Deaths on November 29

  • 2005 - E. Cardon Walker dies at age 89.


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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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