Disney Channel is an American television channel aimed at children and teenagers, owned by the Walt Disney Company. It began as a premium cable subscription service in the United States, showing classic Disney films, shorts and family programs. It moved to basic cable in the late 1990s, and under executives such as Anne Sweeney it developed original series and made-for-television movies, among them High School Musical. The channel launched the careers of performers including Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. Disney also created versions of the channel for many other countries, and it later spun off related channels such as Disney Junior.
Before and after
- 1983Kary Mullis invents the polymerase chain reaction
- 1 January 1983The Internet is born as ARPANET adopts TCP/IP
- 26 January 1983Launch of IRAS
- 4 April 1983First flight of Challenger
- 18 April 1983Founding of Disney Channel
- from 5 June 1983 to 9 January 2005Second Sudanese Civil War
- 19 June 1983Construction of BC Place
- 21 June 1983Birth of Edward Snowden
- 15 July 1983Orly Airport attack
More in Society, economy & sport
- 7 April 1948Founding of World Health Organization
- 1950Origins of Formula One
- 1959HIV/AIDS
- 8 August 1967Founding of ASEAN
- 9 September 1999Founding of African Union
- from 15 November 2019 to 5 May 2023COVID-19 pandemic
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 20th century.