The Walt Disney Company began as a small animation studio in Hollywood set up by the brothers Walt and Roy Disney, after Walt had made a series of short films combining live action and cartoons. It became famous with the character Mickey Mouse and with the first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Over the decades it grew into a vast entertainment enterprise, opening Disneyland and extending into television, theme parks and publishing. Acquisitions such as Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox made it one of the world's largest media conglomerates.
Before and after
- 7 September 1923Founding of Interpol
- 16 September 1923Birth of Kuan Yew Lee
- 16 September 1923Construction of RheinEnergie Stadion
- October 1923Hubble shows that Andromeda is a separate galaxy
- 16 October 1923Founding of The Walt Disney Company
- November 1923German hyperinflation reaches its peak
- from 8 November 1923 to 9 November 1923Beer Hall Putsch
- 20 November 1923Birth of Nadine Gordimer
- 1924Internal combustion engine
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