This Day in Disney History
March 28

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What happened in history on this day: March 28?

On March 28 in ...

  • 1924 - Disney ships the fourth Alice Comedy film, Alice's Wild West Show, to M.J. Winkler Productions.
  • 1936 - The Silly Symphony film Elmer Elephant is released to theaters.
  • 1941 - The Pluto film A Gentleman's Gentleman is released to theaters. Mickey Mouse also appears.
  • 1953 - Disney releases the Goofy film Father's Day Off to theaters.
  • 1958 - The #3 Disneyland locomotive, named the Fred Gurley, begins public operation.
  • 1965 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Kilroy, part three.
  • 1987 - The first Disney Store opens, in the Glendale Galleria, California.
  • 1987 - The Port of Entry shop opens in World Showcase Plaza in EPCOT Center.
  • 1991 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. An amusement park has a large sign: "DIZ-NEE-LAND: not affiliated with Disneyland, Disney World, or anything else from the Walt Disney Company".
  • 1992 - The syndicated TV special Newsies! Newsies! See All About It airs.
  • 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film The Sixth Man to theaters in the USA.
  • 1998 - Disney animator Marc Davis adds his signature and handprints in cement in front of the Mann's Chinese Theater replica in the Disney-MGM Studios in Florida.
  • 2000 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment releases the film The Sixth Sense on videocassette and DVD in the US.
  • 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. When asked why she is in prison, a girl says "I pushed Snow White over the parapet at Disneyland.".

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Deaths on March 28




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