This Day in Disney History
January 30

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What happened in history on this day: January 30?

On January 30 in ...

  • 1947 - The Goofy film How to Be a Cowboy is shelved.
  • 1957 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled All About Magic.
  • 1959 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled The Peter Tchaikovsky Story. The show is the first stereophonic broadcast of a television program. In some cities, one channel is transmitted on an AM radio station, the other channel on an FM station.
  • 1966 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Music for Everybody with Ludwig Von Drake.
  • 1977 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Barry of the Great St. Bernard, part one.
  • 1987 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Outrageous Fortune to theaters in the US. It cost US$19 million to produce.
  • 1988 - The IllumiNations show debuts on World Showcase Lagoon in EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World.
  • 1995 - Disney releases the film The Big Green on laserdisc in the US, for US$30.
  • 1996 - Disney releases the animated film compilation Timon & Pumbaa on laserdisc in the US, for US$30. It includes: Hangin' With Baby, True Guts, Grub's On.
  • 1996 - Walt Disney Home Video releases the film A Kid in King Arthur's Court in the US on videocassette for US$19.99 and on laserdisc for US$29.99.
  • 1998 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures film Deep Rising to theaters in the US.
  • 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An amusement park, Itchy and Scratchy land, includes a log ride vaguely similar to Disneyland's Splash Mountain.

Births on January 30

Deaths on January 30




Flights to New Orleans for Mardi Gras

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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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