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| History of The Walt Disney Company |
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| The 1950's |
| *February 2, 1950: Cinderella premieres, the first full length animated story since Bambi. *July 28, 1951: Alice in Wonderland premieres. *December 16, 1952: WEP Enterprices is founded as a private company by Walt Disney to design and create Disneyland. *February 5, 1953: Peter Pan premieres. *April 6, 1953: Retlaw Enterprices is founded as a private company solely owned by Walt Disney to control the merchandising rights to the name "Walt Disney". *November 10, 1953: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution distributes their first movie, The Living Desert. *October 27, 1954: Disneyland airs for the first time. This one-hours weekly program debuts on ABC. It will air for 29 seasons, under 6 different titles. *June 6, 1955: Lady and the Tramp premieres. *July 17, 1955: Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California. Walt Disney Production invests $500,000 to own 34,5% of Disneyland, Inc. *October 3, 1955: The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC. *June 19, 1957: Walt Disney Productions invests another $528.810 to control another 31% of Disneyland, Inc. *January 29, 1959: Sleeping Beauty premieres. |
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| The 1960's |
| *July 6, 1960: Walt Disney Productions buys the resting 34,5% of Disneyland, Inc. for $7.500.000. *January 25, 1961: 101 Dalmatians premieres. *December 25, 1963: The Sword in the Stone premieres. *February 3, 1965: Walt Disney Productions buys WED Enterprices for $4,000,000 from Walt Disney. *November 11, 1965: Walt Disney announces a major Florida-project. *December 15, 1966: Walt Disney dies at the age of 65. *Fall 1967: Site preparation begins on the Florida-project. *October 18, 1967: The Jungle Book premieres. This is the last animated movie where Disney was personaly involved. He never saw the whole movie. *Spring 1969: Construction begins on the Florida-project: The Magic Kingdom and two hotels. |
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