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What happened in history on this day: March 18?
On March 18 in ...
- 1928 - Walt and Lillian Disney arrive back in Hollywood.
- 1933 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Mellerdrammer is released to theaters. Goofy and Horace Horsecollar also appear.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the ninth "Elfego Baca" episode, Friendly Enemies at Law.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Prince and the Pauper, part two: The Merciful Law of the King.
- 1967 - The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. It includes 119 Audio-Animatronics figures; 64 human, 55 animals. The whole attraction cost about US$8 million to build.
- 1967 - The Blue Bayou Restaurant opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland.
- 1973 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring The Boy and the Bronc Buster, part one.
- 1979 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring the film The Omega Connection.
- 1986 - The Disney Channel airs The Mind's Eye: The Experience of Learning.
- 1988 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film D.O.A. to theaters in the US.
- 1993 - Disney releases the film The Flight of the Navigator on laserdisc for US$30.
- 1997 - McDonald's Restaurants and the Walt Disney Company announce a series of promotions under the theme "Summer of Disney Magic at McDonald's".
- 1997 - Disney releases the film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves on videocassette (US$22.99) in the US. This is the first Disney live-action film released direct to video without a theatrical release.
- 1997 - The UPN TV network debuts the Disney Social Studies show.
- 2005 - Disney releases the film Ice Princess to theaters in the US.
Births on March 18
Deaths on March 18
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