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What happened in history on this day: January 24?
On January 24 in ...
- 1927 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice Foils the Pirates to theaters.
- 1930 - Ub Iwerks again talks to Roy Disney, explaining his departure, for an offer by Pat Powers' company to start his own film studio. Roy reduces his buyout offer to $2920, payable in one year. Iwerks accepts.
- 1930 - Disney signs a contract with King Features for the Mickey Mouse comic strip.
- 1941 - The Pluto film Pluto's Playmate is released to theaters.
- 1964 - The Disney-produced TV show The Restless Sea airs. The show was prepared for the Bell System Science Series.
- 1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Gallegher, part one.
- 1986 - The NBC TV network airs Disney's Living Seas.
- 1987 - The Disney TV movie Double Switch airs.
- 1988 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled Earth*Star Voyager, part two.
- 1992 - Disney premieres the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Blame it on the Bellboy in London, England.
- 1993 - The Mickey's Toontown area opens at Disneyland. It includes
- Mickey's House attraction,
- Minnie's House attraction,
- Daisy's Diner attraction,
- Acorn Ball Crawl attraction,
- Jolly Trolley vehicle,
- Gadget's Go-Coaster attraction,
- Donald's Boat (Miss Daisy attraction,
- Gag Factory attraction,
- Pluto's Dog House food facility,
- Toontown Five & Dime shop,
- Goofy's Gas Station attraction,
- Goofy's Bounce House attraction, and
- Chip 'n Dale's Treehouse attraction.
- 1994 - The NBC TV network airs the two-hour movie To My Daughter, with Love.
- 1995 - St. Vincent issues eleven postage stamps depicting scenes from The Three Little Pigs.
- 1995 - The ice skating show Walt Disney's World on Ice opens in New York, running for 22 days.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Prefontaine to theaters in the US.
- 1999 - The Walt Disney World Speedway hosts the Indy 200 car race.
- 2000 - Disney announces the appointment of Robert Iger as new president and chief operating officer of Disney.
- 2006 - The Walt Disney Company agrees to pay US$7.4 billion to acquire Pixar Animation Studios.
Births on January 24
Deaths on January 24
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