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What happened in history on this day: April 3?
On April 3 in ...
- 1930 - Horace Horsecollar is first used in the Mickey Mouse comic strip.
- 1946 - Disney delivers the film Planning for Good Eating to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
- 1946 - Disney delivers the educational film Environmental Sanitation to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
- 1952 - Walt Disney submits a sketch of a "Fairy Land" to the Recreation and Parks commissioners on Riverside Drive between Disney studios and Griffith Park.
- 1957 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Disneyland the Park / Pecos Bill.
- 1966 - The Midget Autopia attraction in Disneyland closes.
- 1976 - The TV special America on Parade airs.
- 1977 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled The Track of the African Bongo.
- 1983 - The Yong Feng Shangdian shopping gallery opens in the China pavilion in Worldshowcase at EPCOT Center.
- 1984 - Reliance Group Holdings announces that it now owns 7.3 percent of Disney shares.
- 1989 - Newsweek magazine features Mickey Mouse on the cover of its April 3rd issue, for an article on the Disney-MGM Studios park at Walt Disney World.
- 1992 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Straight Talk to theatres.
- 1994 - Disney President and Chief Operating Officer Frank Wells dies in a helicopter accident.
- 1997 - Disney buys a one-third share of Starwave, a Web design, content, and management company, for about US$100 million.
Births on April 3
Deaths on April 3
- 1994 - Disney President and Chief Operating Officer Frank Wells dies in a helicopter accident.
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Other web pages of interest:
Chronology of the Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney on Postage Stamps
Today in Sports History
Today in USA History
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