This Day in Disney History
February 21

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What happened in history on this day: February 21?

On February 21 in ...

  • 1927 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice's Rodeo to theaters. (also known as Alice at the Rodeo)
  • 1927 - Disney ships the 52nd Alice Comedy film, Alice in the Klondike, to Winkler Pictures.
  • 1947 - The Pluto film Pluto's House Warming is released. Butch also appears.
  • 1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled An Otter in the Family.
  • 1978 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Pete's Dragon for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score.
  • 1978 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Candle on the Water" from the film Pete's Dragon for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song.
  • 1978 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Somebody's Waiting for You" from the film The Rescuers for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Original Song.
  • 1984 - Turks and Caicos Islands issues ten postage stamps with various Disney characters participating in Olympic sports.
  • 1997 - Disney launches its redesigned Disney.com Internet Web site, with new sections promoting Disney's products and services in theater, cable television, publishing, records, home video, and online.
  • 1999 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. The family visits the "Wild Animal Kingdom", a reference to Disney's Animal Kingdom park.
  • 2010 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A child says "Dreams are where Elmo and Toy Story are" and he holds up a drawing of Buzz Lightyear.

Births on February 21

Deaths on February 21




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