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The Walt Disney Company is celebrating its 90th birthday.
On 16th October 1923, Walt Disney signed a contract with MJ Winkler to produce a series of Alice Comedies -- this date is the start of the Disney company first known as The Disney Brothers Studio.
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They went on to produce some of the most famous family films ever made, 'The Lion King', 'Cinderella', Sleeping,'Toy Story', 'Monsters Inc', 'Peter Pan', 'Tangled', 'Mary Poppins', 'The Jungle Book', 'Cars' and 'Finding Nemo' to name but a few.
Take a look below as one of the world's most famous companies celebrates the milestone of a birthday.
90 Years of Disney in pictures
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October 16, 1923Walt signed a contract with M. J. Winkler to produce a series of Alice Comedies — this date is considered the start of the Disney company first known as The Disney Brothers Studio. (credit:Disney)
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September 5, 1927Release of the first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles. (credit:Disney)
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November 18, 1928Steamboat Willie is released at the Colony Theatre in New York -- this marks the release of the very first Mickey Mouse cartoon, and the first appearance by Minnie Mouse. (credit:Disney)
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January 13, 1930Mickey Mouse comic strip debuts. (credit:Disney)
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July 30, 1932Flowers and Trees, first full-color cartoon and first Academy Award winner, is released. (credit:Disney)
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June 9, 1934The Wise Little Hen, the first appearance of Donald Duck, is released. (credit:Disney)
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February 23, 1935The Band Concert, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon in color, is released. (credit:Disney)
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December 21, 1937Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney's first feature-length animated film, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre. (credit:Disney)
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures (credit:Disney)
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November 13, 1940Disney releases one of its highly regarded classics, Fantasia. (credit:Disney)
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Bambi is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand, produced by Walt Disney and based on the book Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten. (credit:Disney)
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July 19, 1950Treasure Island, Disney's first completely live-action feature, is released. (credit:Disney)
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February 5, 1953Peter Pan, based on characters created by Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie, is released. (credit:Disney)
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October 27, 1954Emmy Award-winning Disneyland television show airs on ABC, starring Walt Disney. (credit:Disney)
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July 17, 1955Disneyland, the first Disney park, opened in Anaheim, California, to an invited audience on this day. The first guests were Kristine Vess and her cousin Michael Schwartner, ages 5 and 7. (credit:Disney)
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October 3, 1955Mickey Mouse Club debuts on television. (credit:Disney)
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Sleeping Beauty 1959 - "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault or "Little Briar Rose" by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, enchantment of sleep, and a handsome prince. (credit:Disney)
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August 29, 1964Mary Poppins, the practically perfect tale directed by Robert Stevenson, about a magical English nanny, is released. (credit:Disney)
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Mary Poppins is a 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, and Glynis Johns, produced by Walt Disney, and loosely based on the Mary Poppins books series by P. L. Travers. (credit:Disney)
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians, often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians, is a 1961 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney and based on the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. (credit:Disney)
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December 15, 1966Walt Disney, the visionary whose pioneering spirit and inimitable creativity made the impossible possible, turning dreams into reality and building the foundation of The Walt Disney Company of today, dies at age 65. (credit:Disney)
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The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and was released on October 18, 1967. It is the 19th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. (credit:Disney)
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'Aristocats' (1970) was the first release after the era of Disney founder Walt (credit:Disney)
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March 28, 1987The first Disney Store opens, in Glendale, California. (credit:Disney)
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Aladdin is a 1992 American animated musical fantasy-comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. (credit:Disney)
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April 12, 1992Euro Disneyland, the first Disney theme park in Europe, which was later renamed Disneyland Paris, opens. (credit:Disney)
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Disney's Pooh was originally voiced by Sterling Holloway in three featurettes that were later used as segments in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (credit:Disney)
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June 15, 1994The Lion King opens to a limited audience in Los Angeles and New York and nationwide on June 24, 1994. (credit:Disney)
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The Lion King is a 1994 American animated epic musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series (credit:Disney)
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High School Musical is a 2006 American television film and the first installment in the High School Musical trilogy. (credit:Disney)
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Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. (credit:Disney)
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Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film written and directed by Andrew Stanton, released by Walt Disney Pictures, and the fifth film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. (credit:Disney)
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Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film written and directed by Andrew Stanton, released by Walt Disney Pictures, and the fifth film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. (credit:Disney)
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Up is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated comedy drama-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Pete Docter. (credit:Disney)
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Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy-comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by John Lasseter, released by Walt Disney Pictures, Toy Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film and the first film produced by Pixar. Toy Story follows a group of anthropomorphic toys who pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present, and focuses on the relationship between Woody, a pullstring cowboy doll (Tom Hanks), and Buzz Lightyear, an astronaut action figure (Tim Allen). The film was written by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, and Joss Whedon, and featured music by Randy Newman. Its executive producer was Steve Jobs with Edwin Catmull. (credit:Disney)
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The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. (credit:Disney)
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The Parent Trap is a 1998 comedy film co-written and directed by Nancy Meyers, and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer. It is the second adaptation of Erich Kästner's German novel Lottie and Lisa (Das doppelte Lottchen) following the 1961 film of same name and stars Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson as a couple who divorce soon after marrying, and Lindsay Lohan in a dual role as their twin daughters, Hallie Parker and Annie James who are accidentally reunited after being separated at birth. The novel and the 1936 Deanna Durbin film Three Smart Girls are the basis of the screenplay written by David Swift for the 1961 and 1998 film, only the novel is credited however. Meyers and Shyer are credited as co-writers of the 1998 version along with Swift. (credit:Disney)
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Cars is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy-adventure sports film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and directed and co-written by John Lasseter and released by Walt Disney Pictures. (credit:Disney)
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Wizards of Waverly Place is an American supernatural fantasy teen sitcom which ran from October 12, 2007 to January 6, 2012 on Disney Channel. (credit:Disney)
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Tangled is a 2010 American computer animated musical fantasy-comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 50th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. (credit:Disney)
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Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film directed by Pete Docter, produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. (credit:Disney)
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Pirates of the Caribbean is a series of fantasy adventure comedy films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and based on Walt Disney's theme park ride of the same name.
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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is an American animated television series, that premiered in prime time on Disney Channel on May 5, 2006. The program was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers. (credit:Disney)
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Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film directed by Pete Docter, produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
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Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film directed by Pete Docter, produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.