Walt Disney

Walt Disney

By: Dominic Nassi Valentine

On December 5 1901, Walt is born to Elias and Flora Disney in Hermosa, Chicago

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1901

1911

In 1911,when Walt was 10,Walt and his family moved to Kansas City, where Walt developed a love for trains.

1923

In 1923 Walt Disney opened his first studio before having to close it and file for bankruptcy.

1925

1929

In 1925, Disney hired an ink-and-paint artist named Lillian Bound, and married Walt the same year.

In 1929, Walt Disney created Silly Symphonies, which featured Mickey's newly created friends, including Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto.

After Walt's death in 1966, Roy O. Disney finished building Walt Disney World in Florida in 1971 , and named it in honor of his brother Walt.

1966

1955

1937

1939

On December 21, 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, premiered in Los Angeles.

1971

In Decmeber of 1939, a new Walt Disney studios campus is opened in Burbank, however two years later many animatiors went on strike.

Walt Disney finally opens up his $16 Million dollar amusment park to the public on July 18, 1955 to 50,000 people.

Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966 in Burbank and the cause of death was lung cancer since Disney was a heavy smoker.

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