This week (April 26-May2) was an important week for Disney over the years. Did you know…

This week in 1915 the Disney animator who drew for movies including Fantasia, Bambi, Peter Pan, 101 Dalmatians, Robin Hood, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Mary Poppins and The Rescuers was born.

Another artist, Eyvind Earle was born in 1916 this week. He drew for the Disney movies Paul Bunyan, Lady and the Tramp and Sleeping Beauty.

Race to Witch Mountain actor Dwayne Johnson was born this week in 1972 in Hayward, California. And not long after in 1977 this week Jason Earles from Hannah Montana was born in San Diego, California.

This week in 1989 Walt Disney World’s MGM Studios (now Hollywood Studios) was opened to the public.

This same time in 2003 The Lizzie McGuire Movie starring former Disney actress Hillary Duff premiered on the Disney Channel.

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