Today in Disney History 3/9

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Mar. 9, 1994 – The Disney TV series “These Friends of Mine” debuted on ABC. (Ended July 29, 1998)
Mar. 9, 1994 – The Disney TV series “Ellen” starring Ellen DeGeneres debuted.
Mar. 9, 1995 – The Disney TV series “Thunder Alley” began airing on ABC. (Ended July 25, 1995)
Mar. 9, 1996 – The Disney TV Special “Disney’s Champions on Ice,” starring Scott Hamilton, Nicole Bobeck, Surya Bonaly, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Sergei Grinkov, and Elvis Stojko, aired on ABC.
Mar. 9, 1997 – Walt Disney Records hosted an exclusive event for NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandise) ’97 Convention attendees in WDW’s Tomorrowland.
Mar. 9, 2000 - The 5th ESPN Zone opened in Washington, DC.
Mar. 9, 2001 – “The Luck of the Irish”, a Disney Channel original movie aired on TV.
Mar. 9, 2004 – Disney’s feature length film, “Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo” was released on video and DVD.
Mar. 9, 2005 – It was reported that the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park (set to open in Sept. 2005) has already booked 10,000 room reservations for its hotel since it opened a customer call center 3 weeks ago.
Mar. 9, 2006 – Movie fans caught a sneak peak of Pixar’s new computer animated feature “Cars.” Disney offered the World Premiere of the new theatrical trailer on a variety of broadcast outlets, basic cable channels, internet sites, and in person at the Disney Theme Parks, ESPN Zones, Disney Stores, and on the ABC SuperSign in Times Square in N.Y.C. (Cars is scheduled for a June 9th release.)

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