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What happened in history on this day: April 9?
On April 9 in ...
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Battle for Survival.
- 1978 - The University of Southern California chapter of the Delta Kappa Alpha National Honorary Cinema Fraternity recognizes the "Nine Old Men" (Disney animators) with the "Pioneer in Film" award.
- 1984 - Reliance Group Holdings now owns 8.3 percent of outstanding Disney stock.
- 1987 - The Disney Traders shop opens in World Showcase Plaza in EPCOT Center.
- 1989 - The NBC TV network airs The Magical World of Disney show, featuring Parent Trap III, part one.
- 1990 - The Disney Channel begins airing the series Just Perfect.
- 1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A scene shows a television show parody of Disney's Dinosaurs show. A Simpsons' character notes how similar the Dinosaur family is to the Simpson family. Also, a scene shows a woman in a bathtub slip under the water, similar to a scene in Disney's Pretty Woman.
- 1995 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- There are several references to Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians:
- episode title is Two Dozen and One Greyhounds,
- a pair of dogs have a lot of puppies (25), and
- an evil character steals the puppies to make a coat of them.
- Two dogs go to a restaurant, eat spaghetti and meatballs at a table, and a common strand of spaghetti brings their noses together, like in Lady and the Tramp.
- Names of some dogs are names from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy.
- A character sings song "See my vest" to the tune of "Be Our Guest" from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and includes a maid like Mrs. Potts.
- 1996 - Jeffrey Katzenberg files a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming breach of his Disney contract, claiming he is owed as much as US$250 million for projects he developed at Disney.
- 1997 - Disney Online opens the Disney Daily Blast Internet Web site for 10,000 visitors, aimed at children aged 3-12 years.
- 1999 - UIP releases the Paramount Pictures / Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film A Civil Action to theaters in Great Britain.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the Dimension Films live-action feature film The Faculty to theaters in Great Britain.
- 2004 - Touchstone releases the live-action feature film The Alamo to theaters in the USA.
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