This Day in Disney History
January 31

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What happened in history on this day: January 31?

On January 31 in ...

  • 1925 - Disney completes the 13th Alice Comedy film, Alice Gets Stung.
  • 1925 - Disney ships the Alice Comedy film Alice Gets Stung to M.J. Winkler Productions.
  • 1927 - Disney ships the 47th Alice Comedy film, Alice's Circus Daze, to Winkler Pictures.
  • 1927 - Live-action filming is completed for the Alice Comedy film Alice in the Klondike.
  • 1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Gallegher, part two.
  • 1986 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Down and Out in Beverly Hills to theaters. This is the first R-rated Disney Studios film. The film cost US$14 million to make.
  • 1992 - The Professor Barnaby Owl's Photographic Art Studio shop opens at the exit of Splash Mountain in Disneyland.
  • 1994 - The Energy Exchange display in Communicore East in Epcot closes.
  • 1994 - The FutureCom display in Communicore West in Epcot closes.
  • 1995 - Disney releases the film Gargoyles The Movie on laserdisc for US$30.
  • 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Shadow Conspiracy to theaters in the US.
  • 1999 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
    • When a character has to tell others some bad news, he starts with "My friends...", a reference to Scar trying to sweet-talk the hyenas in The Lion King.
    • A character mentions "Dollywood, and EuroDollywood", a reference to EuroDisneyland.
    • A character leads others saying "Follow Me, Boys!", possibly a reference to the 1966 Disney film Follow Me, Boys!.
    • A winning football player says "I'm going to Disneyland!", to which a travel agent says "Really, coz I'm a travel agent and I've heard nothing but bad things."; another character nods.

  • 2000 - Activision releases the Disney's Tarzan video game for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color in the US.
  • 2010 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A talking mirror appears, a reference to the one in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Births on January 31

Deaths on January 31




Flights to New Orleans for Mardi Gras

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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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