This Day in Disney History
February 10

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What happened in history on this day: February 10?

On February 10 in ...

  • 1934 - The Silly Symphony film The Grasshopper and the Ants is released to theaters. to theaters.
  • 1935 - Donald Duck makes his first appearance in the Mickey Mouse Sunday edition comic strip.
  • 1941 - Walt Disney tells staff that the studio is in a financial crisis, that animation is not working out so well.
  • 1941 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Pinocchio for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Best Score.
  • 1941 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" from the film Pinocchio for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Best Song.
  • 1947 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Squatter's Rights for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
  • 1949 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mickey and the Seal for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
  • 1949 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Tea for Two Hundred for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
  • 1949 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Seal Island for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Two Reels.
  • 1950 - The Pluto film Pluto and the Gopher is released.
  • 1960 - The Stage Coach attraction ceases operations in Frontierland at Disneyland.
  • 1961 - Disney generally releases the film One Hundred and One Dalmatians to theaters.
  • 1963 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Inside Outer Space with Ludwig von Drake.
  • 1978 - Buena Vista generally releases the film Candleshoe to theaters in the US.
  • 1980 - The NBC TV network airs the Disney's Wonderful World show, entitled Donald's Valentine Day Salute.
  • 1989 - Touchstone/Warner releases the live-action feature film The Good Mother to theaters in the United Kingdom.
  • 1999 - Central African Republic issues 24 postage stamps for the 70th birthday of Mickey Mouse. The stamps show scenes from Disney films drawn by Floyd Gottfredson.

Births on February 10

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