DEC.
5, 1901
|
Walter Elias Disney
was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. |
| 1906 |
Family moved to Marceline, Missouri. |
| 1909 |
He was admitted to Park School,
Marceline. |
| 1910 |
Family moved to Kansas City,
Missouri. |
| 1930 |
Joined the Kansas City Art Institute. |
| 1915 |
Graduated from Benton School.
Moved to Chicago to join his parents.
Enrolled in McKinley High School, Chicago. |
| 1917 |
Bought his first movie camera.
Joined the American Ambulance Corps of Red Cross.
Sailed abroad the SS Vaubin to France. |
| 1919 |
Formed a company with Ubbe Iwwerks
(later–Ub Iwerks) called Iwerk - Disney Commercial Artists. |
| 1920 |
Produced an animated film in
Kansas. |
| 1922 |
Established Laugh-O-gram films. |
| 1923 |
Laugh-O-gram venture ended in
bankruptcy. He inaugurated the Disney Brothers Studio. |
| 1925 |
Married Lillian Bounds. |
| 1926 |
Changed the name of studio from
Disney Brothers to Walt Disney Studio. |
| 1928 |
Conception of the first most
popular cartoon character ever – Mickey Mouse. |
| 1932 |
Was presented with an Academy
Award for creating Mickey Mouse. |
| 1934 |
Introduced Donald Duck. |
| 1937 |
Appeared on the cover page of
Time Magazine. |
| 1954 |
Disney and ABC signed an agreement
for building ‘Disneyland’. |
| 1964 |
He was honored with
‘Medal of Freedom’ by President of United States. |
| DEC.15,
1966 |
Died of lung cancer
at the age of 65. |
