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Disney's World By: Kailey Klein
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Walt Disney was born
December 5 1901
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Living in Marceline Missouri
1902 - december 1909
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Spent most of his childhood here
In School
1910 - 1917
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Moved to Kansas City
1910
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Walt Disney attended the Benton Grammar School, where he met Walter Pfeiffer. The Pfeiffers, introduced Walt Disney to the world of motion pictures.
Going to Chicago
1917
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Walt's family migrated to Chicago. Walt started taking courses at the Chicago Art Institute. He wanted to join the Army but was rejected, because he was only sixteen. Then Walt joined the Red Cross after which, he was sent to France. He worked as an ambulance driver there.
Met cartoonist
1920
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In January, he along with the cartoonist, Ubbe Iwerks, established the Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists Company.
Moved to Hollywood
1923
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Walt moved to Hollywood to become a director. In the October of the same year, Walt and his brother Roy signed a contract with M.J. Winkler, a cartoon distributor in New York.
Married Lillian bounds
1925
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Walt hired a young lady named Lillian Bounds as an inker. They ended up marrying each other during the same year. After a couple of years of marrige they had two girls.
Renaming
1926
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Disney renamed his studio. Now it is called Walt Disney Studio
Creating Oswald
1927
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The studio created the series Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
Mickey Mouse
1928
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Walt Disney's imagination gave birth to Mickey Mouse. The cartoons 'Plane Crazy' and 'Steamboat Willie' followed. In November 1928, the Colon Theater in New York showcased Steamboat Willie. It was the first animated cartoon with sound and gained a positive response from the audience. Walt Disney had become popular by this time with all the companies wanting the rights to Mickey Mouse.
Signs a contract with Columbia Pictures
1930
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'Flowers and Trees'
1932
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'Flowers and Trees', a Silly Symphonies cartoon done in Technicolor, won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons.
Donald Duck
1934
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In the cartoon, Orphan's Benefit, Donald Duck was introduced into the Mickey Mouse world. Donald Duck became the second most popular in Disney's creations.
Snow White
1938
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Snow White was released under a deal with RKO Radio Pictures. The film was a huge success and earned an amount of $8 million. Snow White brought in the Golden Age of Animation for Disney.
Disneyland
1940
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During the late 1940s, Disney continued the work on 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Peter Pan' and commenced work on 'Cinderella'.There he sketched his ideas for an amusement park, deriving inspiration from the Children's Fairyland in Oakland, California. This idea was later expanded to design what is now known as Disneyland!
Donald Duck over rules Mickey Mouse
1949
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The popularity of Donald Duck increased to a great extent and Donald replaced Mickey as Disney's star character.
Treasure Island
1950
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Treasure Island and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was produced
Disneyland park
1955 - 2012
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disneyland opened
Show
1955
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Mickey Mouse Club became the first daily TV show.
Olympics
1960
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Walt Disney was the Head of Pageantry for the Winter Olympics of that year.
Mary Poppins
1964
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'Mary Poppins' became the most popular Disney film of the 1960s. It received nominations for 13 academic awards.
Died
december 15 1966
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On December 15, Walt Disney died of lung cancer.