1920s was the founding era of Disney Company. In this era, the company has been experiencing all kinds of setbacks-intellectual property disputes and financial crisis ... but in 1928, Disney is famous all over the United States and even the world for creating Mickey Mouse, creating the company's future!
Walter Disney, Roy O. Disney and M.J. Winkler signed a contract to produce Alice's comedy. The establishment of Disney Brothers Studio marks the establishment of Walter Disney Company.
1924-03-0 1: Alice in Wonderland, the first Alice cartoon series.
1927-11-05: Lucky Rabbit Oswald the Lucky Rabbit's first cartoon series Lucky Rabbit Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
1928-1-18: Steamboat Willie premiered, which is the world's first animated cartoon with sound and a symbol of Mickey Mouse's birth.
1929-08-22: The first silly symphony "Skull Dance" came out.
1929-12-16: Disney Brothers' enterprise was reorganized into four companies: Walter Disney Production Co., Ltd., Walter Disney Enterprise, Ryder Reality and Investment Company and Disney Film Recording Company.
1930s
Snow White has created a brand-new art form and laid the foundation for the development of Disney Company!
1930-05: Mickey Mouse is published.
1930-09-05: The animated short film The Chain Gang was born.
1932-05-25: Gao Fei was born and the animated short film Mickey's Satire premiered.
1932-07-30: The world's first colorful cartoon flowers and trees premiered. Later, he won the best Oscar.
1932-11-kloc-0/8: He won the Oscar for his creation of Mickey Mouse. ) This is the first Oscar that Disney won.
1933-05-27: premiere of three little pigs.
1933-06: The first Mickey Mouse watch was sold by ingersoll-waterbury Company for $3.25.
1934-06-09: The clever little hen premiered and Donald Duck was born.
1935-02-23: The first colorful Mickey Mouse cartoon Band Concert came out.
1937-11-05: The Old Mill premiered, the first film with multi-plane camera technology.
1937-12-21:The world's first feature-length animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered, which is also the world's first film with a soundtrack and Disney's first classic animated feature film.
1938-09-29: Walter Disney Production Co., Ltd. (Walter Disney Production Co., Ltd.) acquired three other companies established in 1929.
1940s
/kloc-In the 1940s, Disney got rid of the debt crisis to a certain extent, but Mr. Walter Disney's pursuit of quality also made the company's budget for movies climb again and again. Pinocchio is a good example! In addition, the impact of World War II on Disney Company is not small. On the second day of the Pearl Harbor incident, the company's studio in California was forcibly requisitioned by the US military ... Even the cover of Time magazine, which originally belonged to Dumbo, had to publish "Pearl Harbor Incident".
1940-02-07: Pinocchio
1940-04-02: Walter Disney production co., ltd directly issued155,000 preferred shares through the stock market, accounting for 6% of the total share capital. This is the first time Disney has issued preferred shares.
1940-05-06: Walter Disney Production Company officially moved from Hollywood, California to burbank.
1940-11-13: Fantasia premiered.
1946-112: Disney's first full-length live-action film Song of the South was released.
1948-12-21:The first real-life adventure of Seal Island.
1949-10-01:Walter Disney Music Company was established.
1950s
In the past ten years, Mr. Walter Disney has concentrated a lot of energy on the construction and promotion of Disneyland. The successful opening of Disneyland 1955 proves that all these efforts for dreams have not been in vain!
1950- 12-25: Disney's first TV broadcast program "One Hour in Wonderland" premiered.
1952-12-16: wed enterprises (later Walter Disney Fantasy Project) is a wholly-owned company of Mr. Walter Disney, who designed and built Disneyland.
1953-04-06: Ret Law Enterprises (its name is Walter reversed) is a sole proprietorship company of Mr. Walter Disney, which is used to authorize "Walter Disney" brand goods.
1953-110: The first film "Living Desert" released by Buena Vista, a subsidiary of Disney, came out.
1954- 10-27: The TV program Disneyland began to broadcast on ABC. And this weekly 1 hour program has been broadcast for 29 seasons under 6 names.
1955-07- 17: Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California! Walter Disney Production Company invested US$ 500,000 and owns 34.5% of the shares of Disney Company (the company that owns Disneyland).
1955- 10-03: The TV program Mickey Mouse Club premiered in ABC.
1957-06- 19: Walter Disney production co., ltd (Walter Disney production co., ltd) purchased an additional 3 1.0% of the shares of disneyland co., ltd at the price of 528,810.
1960s
Speaking of 1960 s, let us think of the saddest thing-the death of Mr. Walter Disney! However, Disney has also made some good achievements in this era, such as "Happy People" won the highest honor of Disney movies and so on.
1960-07-06: Walter Disney Production Company (Walter Disney Production Co., Ltd.) purchased an additional 34.5% of the shares of Disneyland Co., Ltd. for US$ 7.5 million.
Mary poppins
1965-02-03: Walter Disney Production Company bought WED Enterprises from Walter Disney for about US$ 4 million.
Mr Walter Disney passed away.
1967-10-18: The Book of the Jungle
Walter Disney Education Materials Co., Ltd. was established.
1970s
1970 was particularly bleak because of the death of Mr. Walter Disney, but the opening of Walter Disney World in Florida added a lot of color to the company's history!
1971-101:Walter Disney magic kingdom opens.
1971-12–20: Roy O. Disney (Walter Disney's brother, one of the founders of Disney Company) died.
Many adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1980s
With the arrival of Michael D. Eisner and Frank G. Wells,1980s became the era of the rise of Disney Company. This decade has created new businesses such as Disney Channel and Disney Store!
198 1-07-08: Walter Disney Production Company acquired Retlaw Company with 888,461share of common stock at a price of USD 4.62 million, thus obtaining Walter Disney's name, portrait and other rights, as well as the stream train and monorail system of Disneyland.
1982-101:epcot center opens in Walter Disney world, Florida.
1983-04-0 1: Walt Disney Pictures was established as an independent entity responsible for the development, production and marketing of all live-action movies and commercial TV programs.
1983-04- 15: Tokyo Disneyland opened in a suburb 6 miles from downtown Tokyo, which is Disney's first theme park outside the United States.
1983-04- 18: Disney Channel officially launched.
1984-03-09: The first film premiere of Touchstone Film Company, a subsidiary of Disney Company.
1984-06-08: MM acquisition company announced its intention to (maliciously) acquire and split Walter Disney production company at a price of $67.50 per Disney common stock.
Michael eisner and frank g. wells? Wells) respectively served as the chairman and president of Walter Disney Production Company (then the name of Walter Disney Company).
1986-02-06: Walter Disney Production Company was officially renamed as TWDC Walter Disney Company.
1987-03-28: Disney Store opens in Glendale Plaza, California.
1987-11-25: Three Men and a Baby premiered, which is Disney's first movie with a box office of over 100 million in the United States.
1988-01-21:Walter Disney Company acquired Wrather Corporation (the company owns-Disneyland Hotel) with nearly 1.6 1 billion dollars in cash and 89 million dollars in liabilities.
1988-06-22: Who framed Roger Rabbit for the premiere?
Disney-MGM Studios and Happy Island opened in Walter Disney World, Florida.
Typhoon lagoon opens in Florida's Walter Disney world.
1989-07- 17: splash mountain of California Disneyland opens.
1989-11-06:1700,000 shares of EuroDisney S.C.A (Universal Picture Disney Europe) are circulated in the European capital market at the price of FF72 per share, and Walter Disney Company is the parent company of the company.
1989-115: The Little Mermaid premiered, which was a great success and opened the second golden age of Disney animation!
1990s
1990 Disney Company is full of highlights!
1990-01-01:Hollywood records began to operate.
1990-11kloc-0/:The world's first Disney store opened in Regent Street, London, England.
1990-11-04: The American Teacher Awards Gala was broadcast on Disney Channel for the first time.
199 1-05-06: Walter Disney Company (new york Stock Exchange: DIS) joined the Dow Jones 30 Index (replacing USX Company).
1991-09-17: The highly rated TV series "Home Decoration" premiered.
199 1-09-26: Hyperion Books, a publishing company owned by Disney Company, published its first book.
1991-1-13: The first Oscar-nominated animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered.
1992-04- 12: Euro Disneyland (later renamed Paris Disneyland) opened in Marne-la-Laouali, 20 miles from Paris.
1992-111:Aladdin premiered.
1993-0 1-24: Mickey Cartoon City opens in California Disneyland.
1993-04-29: Acquisition of Milla Max Film Company.
1993-10-18: Disney ice hockey team "Big Duck" started to play in NHL.
1994-04-03: Mr Frank G. Wells, then president and chief operating officer of Disney Company, died in a helicopter crash.
1994-04- 18: Disney's first Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast premiered on Broadway and set a Broadway attendance and box office record!
Disney's masterpiece The Lion King premiered.
1994-09-06: The number of visitors to Disney theme parks has exceeded 1 100 million!
1994- 12-05: Disney Interactive, a company that produces and distributes Disney software, was established.
Indiana Jones ventured to open at Disneyland in California.
1995-05- 18: Buy a 25% stake in the baseball team California Angels.
1995-06- 16: The premiere of Pocahontas.
1995-07-3 1: Disney announced its intention to acquire Capital Cities/ABC. The effective date of this acquisition is1February 9, 996. On July 3, 995/kloc-0, the acquisition intention of Disney Company was announced, and the acquisition plan was 65438.
1995-11-22: Toy Story, the first movie of Disney and Pixar, is also the world's first computer animated feature film premiere.
1996-02-22: Disney website (Disney.com, Disney Online) has been opened.
1996-05-22: The world's largest Disney store opened on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, new york! Later, the store was renamed Disney World and operated by the theme parks and resorts department.
1996-118: Disney Radio started broadcasting on ABC Radio Network.
Disney Club opens in Thousand Oaks, California.
1997-05-20: The new Amsterdam Theatre renovated by Disney Company was grandly opened in new york. Become a new venue for Disney Broadway show.
Disney's Saturday morning show premiered on ABC.
1997-113: The Lion King on Broadway premiered and won six Tony Awards.
Disney Animal Kingdom opens in Walter Disney World, Florida.
1998-04-30: Disney acquired the Internet company Starwave.
Mulan premiere, which is Disney's first animated feature film with the theme of China.
Disney acquired Infoseek through a joint venture.
The first Disneyland opened in Walter Disney World, Florida.
1998-07- 12: the first ESPN theme restaurant in Maryland, USA opened.
1998-07-30: Disney Magic maiden voyage and Disney cruise line opened.
Disney Company's 75th Anniversary Celebration.
1999-101:Millennium Celebration,1May WDW New Millennium Celebration started "Celebrating the Future Together".
1999-11-02: Announced cooperation with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to build Hong Kong Disneyland.
2000-present
In the new century and the new millennium, Disney is full of challenges and has a long way to go. ...
2000-0 1-065438+2000 (Fantasia 2000 was shown in IMAX cinemas all over the world.
Robert/Bob Iger became the president and chief operating officer of Disney Company.
Disney /ABC Cable Network has launched a new 24-hour soap opera channel.
2000-02-28: The magical moment when Disney Box. com opened the unofficial website in Chinese mainland.
March 23, 2000: Ida began to perform on Broadway in new york.
2000-09-20: Disney and Hasbro announced a multi-year cooperation plan.
2000- 1 1-30: The headquarters of ABC Television Network is moved from new york to the newly-built ABC Riverside Building in burbank, Disney headquarters, which is unveiled by Bob Iger.
Disney's adventure trip to California opened at Disneyland California.
Pearl Harbor
200 1-08-26: Disney China website (Disney.com.cn) jointly created by Disney and Haihong Holding Group was officially launched.
Disney Sea opens at Tokyo Disney Resort.
2001-101:30th anniversary of Walter Disney World Resort.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first part of Disney Platinum Collection Series, was released on DVD.
200 1- 10-24: Acquisition of Fox Family Universal Picture, later renamed as ABC Family Universal Picture.
2001-1-06: Disney acquired Baby Ai En Company, a children's education product company established in 1996.
200 1- 12-05: Celebrate Walter Disney's birthday100th anniversary, and the five-month celebration "100th year of magic" began in WDW.
2002-0 1-0 1: Beauty and the Beast Special Edition was released in IMAX theaters around the world.
2002-0 1-0 1: ESPN radio 10 anniversary.
2002-02-04: FamilyFun Magazine and Walter Disney Internet Group reorganized Family.com, renamed FamilyFun, and established multi-platform marketing of FamilyFun brand.
2002-03- 16: Walter Disney Studios opened in Paris Disney Resort, which is the theme park of Disney 10.
2002-04-0 1: Disney authorized Japan Oriental Paradise Co., Ltd. to operate Disney stores in Japan, and collected an annual authorization fee of 5 1 10,000 USD from the company.
2002-06-2 1: star baby (lilo &; Suture)
2002-09- 17: Monsters, Inc.' s two-disc DVD was released in the United States, along with video tapes, which set a new DVD sales record.
2002-09-25: ESPN announced the plan of ESPN HD(ESPN High Definition Television Broadcasting Service), which was finally launched on March 30, 2003.
2002- 10-08: the special edition of Beauty and the Beast released a platinum collection DVD.
2002- 1 1-27: Treasure Planet was released and its North American premiere was a fiasco, with a box office of only16 million.
50th anniversary of Walt Disney's fantasy project.
The Lion King is shown in IMAX theaters all over the world.
March 24, 2003: Disney and the First Bank jointly launched the Disney Visa credit card.
The 20th anniversary of Disney Channel.
2003-05-30: Finding Nemo premiered, with a weekend box office of more than 70 million dollars, and finally became the first box office cartoon in the United States at that time, and also the highest box office movie in the United States released by Disney at that time.
2003- 10-09: Mission Space (launched in cooperation with HP) opens in WDW Epcot.
The 43rd Disney classic animated feature film Brother Bear premiered in Los Angeles and new york.
2004-05- 15: Disney Company and jim henson Company formally signed an agreement to purchase Mupplets series characters.
September 22, 2004: ABC TV series Lost premiered.
2004-09-23: The Sleeping Beauty Castle in Hong Kong Disneyland was capped.
2004- 10-04: Disney World Store, the flagship retail store of Disney products, reopened on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, new york!
2004-11-21:Disney Company and Children's Place Company formally reached a long-term contract to transfer and authorize the operation of Disney stores in North America. The contract was announced in June of the same year.
The Superman Agents is released in Chinese mainland.
2005-02- 15: Disneyland Hotel officially begins to accept reservations.
Hong Kong Disneyland has opened!
2005- 1 1-04: Chicken Little was released and achieved a good opening box office performance.
Disney mobile phone was released in China!
The chronicles of Narnia: The Lion? Witch? The Legend of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was released.
2006-0 1-24: Disney officially announced the acquisition of Pixar animation studio.
May 5, 2006: Disney Company completed the acquisition of Pixar. During the acquisition, each Pixar share was exchanged for 2.3 Disney shares.
2006-06-09: Automobile release.
The musical The Lion King premiered at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.
June 29th, 2007: The Ratatouille was released.
2007-06-29: Disney's first co-produced film, The Secret of the Treasure Gourd, was released in China.