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Birthday
born in the Hermosa section of Chicago, Illinois -
childhood
He lived most of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri, where he began drawing, painting and selling pictures to neighbors and family friends. -
developed his love for trains
his family moved to Kansas City, where Disney developed a love for trains. -
Walts higtschool
Disney attended McKinley High School in Chicago, where he took drawing and photography classes and was a contributing cartoonist for the school paper. -
Walt disney wanting to be in the army
When Disney was 16, he dropped out of school to join the army but was rejected for being underage. Instead, he joined the Red Cross and was sent to France for a year to drive an ambulance. -
Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio
His brother Roy got him a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio -
pursueing a career as a newspaper artist
When Disney returned from France in 1919, he moved back to Kansas City to pursue a career as a newspaper artist. -
screening his cartoons
Walt and Harman made a deal with a local Kansas City theater to screen their cartoons, which they called Laugh-O-Grams. The cartoons were hugely popular, and Disney was able to acquire his own studio, upon which he bestowed the same name -
Disney began experimenting
Disney began experimenting with a camera, doing hand-drawn cel animation, and decided to open his own animation business. From the ad company, he recruited Fred Harman as his first employee -
series of seven-minute fairy tales
They did a series of seven-minute fairy tales that combined both live action and animation, which they called Alice in Cartoonland. -
Disney was forced to declare bankruptcy
By 1923, however, the studio had become burdened with debt, and Disney was forced to declare bankruptcy. -
disney and his brother moving to hollywood
Disney and his brother, Roy, soon pooled their money and moved to Hollywood. -
marriage
In 1925, Disney hired an ink-and-paint artist named Lillian Bounds. After a brief courtship, the couple married -
Mickey mouse
Right away the Disney brothers, their wives and Iwerks produced three cartoons featuring a new character Walt had been developing called Mickey Mouse. -
The first to use televison
Disney was also among the first to use television as an entertainment medium -
Mickey's newly created friends
In 1929, Disney created Silly Symphonies, which featured Mickey's newly created friends, including Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto -
Disneyland theme park
Disney's $17 million Disneyland theme park opened in the summer of 1955 -
Increasing Investment
In a very short time, the park had increased its investment tenfold, and was entertaining tourists from around the world. -
Disney diagnosed cancer.
Disney was diDisney was diagnosed with lung cancer. -
Death
He died on December 15, 1966, at the age of 65. -
Flordia theme park
Roy carried on the plans to finish the Florida theme park, which opened in 1971 under the name Walt Disney World
