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Last updated: 2008 June 26.

2007 January Disney and Sony Pictures Entertainment team up to distribute Disney films in Russia. [1144.42] January 28 The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A scene in a prison cell is similar to the one in Disney's Aladdin, where an old man helps a younger man escape out of a loose brick in the wall. [1086] (month unknown) The Walt Disney Company renames Buena Vista Games to Disney Interactive Studios. [1143.22] February 11 The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. The spaghetti kissing scene from Lady and the Tramp is mocked, with a girl kissing a dog looking like Tramp. [1087] February Newly updated web site Disney.com is unveiled. [1180.40] February 16 Disney releases the film Bridge to Terabithia to theaters in the USA. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$135.7 million.) [1076.40] [1188.53] February 25 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Achievement in Visual Effects) to John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. [890] March 2 Disney releases the live-action feature film Wild Hogs to theaters in the USA. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$253 million.) [1076.41] [1188.53] March 4 The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A child wears a broken Mickey Mouse Club hat. [1088] March 27 Disney Interactive Studios releases the Meet the Robinsons video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA. [1157.86] March 30 Disney releases the animated film Meet the Robinsons to theaters in the US. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$169.2 million.) [1165.37] [1178.99] [1188.53] (month unknown) Buffalo Technology releases three Disney-themed USB flash drives in Japan: Steamboat Willie, Stitch, and Pooh. Each has 512 MB capacity. Limit of 5000 each. [1150.6] May 14 Business Week magazine publishes an article listing the World's 25 Most Innovative Companies. Number 8 is the Walt Disney Company. [1151.55] May The ice show Disney on Ice performs in Russia for the first time. [1144.42] May 18 Ten wireless hot spots are opened at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, on the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Users with a Nintendo DS and the game Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End can download extra content at these hot spots not available anywhere else. [1103] May 19 Disneyland hosts the world premiere of the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. All attendees are given a limited-edition "At World's End" Nintendo DS portable game player and Nintendo DS game. [1103] May 20 The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. One of the ingredients of a stink bomb is "sweat from a walkaround Goofy suit". [1135] May 21 Business Week magazine releases results of a survey by Universum Communnications of 40,000 students on the Most Desirable Undergraduate Employer. Number two on the list is the Walt Disney Company. [1152.14] May 24 The film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End opens in Moscow, Russia. [1144.42] May 25 Diney releases the live-action feature film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End to theaters in the USA. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$961 million.) [1165.25] [1188.53] The Pirates Lair area opens in Frontierland at Disneyland. The area was formerly Tom Sawyer's Island. [1103] June 29 Disney releases the Pixar animated film Ratatouille to theaters in North America. (Worldwide gross theater receipts: US$620.4 million.) [1172.16] [1173.12] [1177.88] [1179.40] [1188.53] August 3 Disney releases the film Underdog to theaters in North America. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$61.8 million.) [1173.18] [1188.53] August 6 BusinessWeek magazine publishes the Interbrand ranking of the 100 Best Global Brands. Number 9 is Disney. [1153.56] August The Walt Disney Company acquires online Internet site Club Penguin. [1176.73] August 16 The United States Postage Service issues four 41-cent postage stamps entitles Art of Disney: Magic, depicting Disney characters: Mickey Mouse, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, Dumbo and Timothy Mouse, Aladdin and Genie. [1166.65] [1174.26] August 17 Disney film High School Musical 2 is shown on TV in the USA, becoming the single most-watched basic cable telecast, with about 17.2 million viewers. [1181.11] September 24 Business Week magazines publishes an article on The Best Places to Launch a Career. At number 7 is the Walt Disney Company. [1154.51] September 27 The Walt Disney Company announces it will cease operating its mobile phone service in the USA at the end of the year. [1103] September 30 The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An advertising billboard makes a reference to The Lion King film. [1191] October 14 The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An amusement park has a ride called "Mr. Toad's Mild Ride", and "It's a Long Line" (It's a Small World). [1192] November 6 Disney releases the Disney-Pixar film Ratatouille on DVD in the USA. [1186.88] December 4 Disney releases the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on DVD in the USA. [1185.90] 2008 January 27 The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Someone asks: "Did you know that every US President has been a straight white man?" The reply is: "Even Walt Disney?" [1193] February 17 The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. "Shady and the Vamp" is a reference to Disney's film Lady and the Tramp, complete with spaghetti at the restaurant scene. The walking dog seen in the dog pound during the "Shady and the Vamp" segment is a reference to the Disney character, Goofy. After surviving a gas chamber, the dog says "This place is no picnic, but it sure beats working for Disney". [1194] February 19 At Walt Disney World, Epcot's Spaceship Earth officially re-opens after a major makeover, with new sponsor Siemens. [1210.29] April 5 The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror opens at Disneyland Paris, in France. [1210.49] April 8 Disney announces plans for ten new animated films over the next four years. [1189.73] April 21 The Walt Disney Company announces the launch of a new film label, Disneynature, dedicated to producing wildlife and environmental documentaries. [1103] April 27 The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. DVD copies of Pirates of the Caribbean 3 are made from manure. [1195] May 15 Disney Interactive Studios formally launches DGamer, a free avatar-based community for U.S. buyers of Disney-developed Nintendo DS. [1103] May 18 The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. The "Krustketeers" is a reference to the Disney Mouseketeers. A song also mimics the "Mickey Mouse" song. A modern-day reunion of members includes an angry "Cubby". [1196] June 17 Disney releases The Sword in the Stone: 45th Anniversary Special Edition DVD in Canada. [1182.27] June 20 The Family Channel airs the premiere of Camp Rock on TV in Canada. [1182.40] June 27 Disney releases the Disney-Pixar computer-animated feature film Wall-E to theaters in Canada. [1182.5] [1183.16] [1214.46]