Today in Disney History 5/3

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May 2, 1878 – Actor-comedian Roy Atwell, the voice of Doc in Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, was born in Syracuse, N.Y.
May 2, 1925 – Teacher-turned-actor Roscoe Lee Browne, the voice of Arrow in Disney’s 2002 “Treasure Planet”, and also credits in Disney’s 1988 “Oliver & Company”, was born in Woodbury, N.J.
May 2, 1927 – Disney’s Alice Comedy “Alice’s Knaughty Knight” was released.
May 2, 1937 – Actor, writer, TV producer, musician and voice actor Lorenzo Music was born Gerald David Music in Brooklyn, N.Y. He would go on to voice characters for such Disney TV shows as “Talespin” and “The Gummi Bears.” (He would be best remembered as the voice of cartoon cat Garfield and the voice of Carlton the doorman on the TV comedy series Rhoda.)
May 2, 1964 – Disney’s 4th World Fair exhibit, “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln,” finally made its N.Y. debut after weeks of technical problems.
May 2, 1972 – Actor Dwayne Johnson also known by his former ring name The Rock, and occasionally credited as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, was born in Hayward, Ca. His Disney credits include “The Game Plan” and “Race to Witch Mountain.”
May 2, 1982 – Today was the first day Epcot Center site tours for Cast Members and their families took place. Narrated tours for the theme park left every half-hour. (Epcot would officially open Oct. 1, 1982)
May 2, 1986 – Disney’s Circle-Vision film “Portraits of Canada” prepared for Expo ’86 in Vancouver in conjunction with Telecom Canada, was released.
May 2, 1989 – The Disney Channel aired episode 7 of MMC, “Today is Guest Day!”
May 2, 1990 – Actress Kay Panabaker, who lent her voice to Monsters Inc., was born in Tx. (TV fans would recognize her as Nikki in the series Summerland.)

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