On this date in 2010, Disney quietly introduces Disney Tickets Together – an application allowing Facebook users to buy tickets to Toy Story 3 without leaving the social networking site and while, at the same time, prodding their friends to come along. Believed to be a first-of-its-kind, Disney Tickets Together could transform how Hollywood sells movie tickets.
For more like this, read Just Disney.
Source: ThisDayInDisneyHistory

On this date in 1970, The very first Earth Day takes place – with over 20 million people participating. At this time Americans are slurping leaded gas through massive V8 sedans and industry is belching out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. Air pollution is commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity and “environment” is merely a word that appears more often in spelling bees than on the evening news.
On this date in 1970, Actress, voice actress and comedian Nicole Sullivan is born in Manhattan, New York.
On this date in 1983, Tokyo Disneyland opens in Japan. It is Disney’s fourth theme park but the first outside the United States. A light rain moves the opening ceremony under the cover of World Bazaar (the park’s equivalent to Main Street USA). Among the attractions featured is Space Mountain – a virtual duplicate of the Anaheim, California version. Sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company of Japan, it is the first Space Mountain to open with its park. Located in Urayasu (just outside Tokyo) the park is operated by the Oriental Land Company under licence from Disney.
Sign in to your
On this date in 2002, Randy Newman’s “If I Didn’t Have You” – from Disney’s Monsters, Inc. – is awarded an Oscar for Best Song at the 2001 Academy Awards (held at the Kodak Theatre). After 15 nominations, it is Newman’s first Oscar win! Although nominated for Best Animated Picture, Monsters, Inc. is edged out by Shrek.
On this date in 1973, Disney’s live-action Charley and the Angel, starring Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Harry Morgan, and Kurt Russell, is released. Set during the Depression, a crotchety & frugal shopkeeper named Charley (MacMurray) is visited by an angel (Morgan), who shows him what will happen if he doesn’t change the error of his ways. Nominated for a Golden Globe, it is MacMurray’s 7th and final Disney film.
On this date in 1985, Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, a film about an American couple who find a family of surviving Apatosaurs (Brontosaurus) in Central Africa, is released. It is Disney’s Touchstone Pictures third release and features the music of Jerry Goldsmith.
On this date in 1962, Actor Matthew Broderick, the voice of the adult Simba in Disney’s The Lion King, The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride and The Lion King 1½, is born in New York City. He also stars in Disney’s live-action Inspector Gadget.










