1967: A Pirates Life For Me
It was on this day in 1967 that The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction opened for the first time at Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. It was originally planned to be a walk-through wax museum, but after the success of the It’s a Small World and the Carousel of Progress, which first debuted at the 1964 World’s Fair, Walt Disney changed his mind. The attraction, which features about 120 audio-animatronic animals and humans, was Disney’s last attraction to be involved with before he passed away.
Today, there are five versions of the ride. The others are located in Disney World in Florida, Tokyo Disneyland, Paris Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland. The ride was also the inspiration for five Pirates of the Caribbean movies that starred Johnny Depp.
1965: Pillsbury Doughboy ‘Rises’ to Fame
On this day in 1965, the world was introduced to Poppin’ Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy for the first time. He was created by a copywriter of all things. The story goes that Rudy Perz was sitting in his kitchen and imagined living dough boy popping out of a Pillsbury can.
Originally Poppin’ was created with stop motion animation, but today CGI brings the little guy to life. He was originally voiced by Paul Frees, then Jeff Bergman and most recently, JoBe Cerny. The ticklish little guy has appeared in over 600 commercials representing more than 50 products and has managed to stay out of the oven for all of them.
2005: The Suite Life of Twins
Twins Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse hit it big when they landed the lead roles for Disney Channel’s teen sitcom, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The two played 12-year-old brothers who lived in the suite at the Tipton Hotel in Boston and the mischief and wacky hijinks that they caused.
The popular show also starred Brenda Song playing the hotel’s heiress (and parody of Paris Hilton) and Ashley Tisdale as the hotel’s candy counter girl. Kim Rhodes played the boy’s single mother and Phil Lewis played the hotel’s cranky manager.
The show ran from for three seasons, then in 2008, the two starred in the sequel series, The Suite Life on Deck which put the twins on a cruise ship. It also ran for three seasons and then was followed by the made-for-TV movie, The Suite Life Movie in 2011.
In 2012, The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir aired for two seasons on Disney Channel India.
Movies Released
- 1924: The Thief of Bagdad
- 1997: Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
- 2005: Ice Princess
- 2011: Alabama Moon
- 2011: Cedar Rapids
- 2011: Paul
- 2011: The Lincoln Lawyer
- 2016: Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday
- 2016: The Bronze
- 2022: Cheaper by the Dozen
- 2022: The Outfit
- 2022: We Crashed
TV Series Debuts
- 2005: The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- 2013: Bates Motel
- 2018: Genius Junior
- 2019: The Fix
- 2020: Little Fires Everywhere
- 2022: Is it Cake?
- 2022: Life and Beth
Famous Birthdays
- 1908: Grover Cleveland (22nd and 24th U.S. president)
- 1950: Brad Dourif (actor)
- 1959: Irene Cara (singer)
- 1963: Vanessa Williams (actress)
- 1970: Queen Latifah (actress)
- 1972: Dane Cook (comedian)
- 1979: Adam Levine (singer)
- 1989: Lily Collins (actress)
- 1997: Ciara Bravo (actress)
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