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Last updated: 2012 October 29.

1947

January 13

• The first Merry Menagerie comic strip is published in newspapers, drawn by Bob Grant, written by Bob Karp. [113.327] [1242.62]

January 30

• The Goofy film How to Be a Cowboy is shelved. [176.52]

February 10

• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Squatter's Rights for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons. [39.430]

February 21

• The Pluto film Pluto's House Warming is released. Butch also appears. [16] [23] [228.393]

March 13

• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Scientific or Technical, Class III) to the Walt Disney Studio Sound Department for innovations in locating noise in sound tracks. [23] [38.166] [39.430]

March 21

• The Pluto film Rescue Dog is released. [16] [23] [15] [228.412]

April

• Walt Disney visits Alaska to gain ideas for a documentary film. [23] [40.211] (August [48.207])

April 18

• The Donald Duck film Straight Shooters is released. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear. [16] [23] [501.527]

May 9

• The Donald Duck film Sleepy Time Donald is released. Daisy also appears. [16] [23] [501.505]

May 30

• Disney releases the Figaro film Figaro and Frankie to theaters. [16] [23] [228.184]

June 20

• The Donald Duck film Clown of the Jungle is released. [16] [23] [228.96]

(month unknown)

• In Brussels, Belgium, Roy Disney grants Armand Bigle merchandising rights for part of Europe. [267.210]

July 11

• Disney releases the Donald Duck film Donald's Dilemma to theaters. Daisy Duck also appears. [16] [23] [228.147]

August 1

• The Donald Duck and Goofy film Crazy With the Heat is released. [16] [15] [23] [228.108]

August 22

• The Donald Duck film Bootle Beetle is released. [16] [23] [97.108] [228.64]

September 12

• The Donald Duck film Wide Open Spaces is released. [15] [16] [23] [501.611]
  
  

September 20

• The House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenas Walt Disney and 39 others to testify on Communist influence in motion pictures. [34.191]

September 27

• RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Fun and Fancy Free to theaters. It includes the animated films Bongo, and Mickey and the Beanstalk (with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy). [11] [13] [14] [16] [23] [25] [97.201] [225.40] [228.198] [370.79] (1948 [113.236])

October 3

• The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Delayed Date is released. Pluto and Minnie Mouse also appear. [16] [23] [228.325]

October 24

• Walt Disney testifies at the House Un-American Activities Committee about suspected Communists previously employed at the studios. Disney names Herbert Sorrell, David Hilberman, and the League of Women Voters, erroneously meaning the Hollywood League of Women Shoppers. [23] [34.191] [92.88] [234.85] [267.267] [1102.453]

October 31

• Disney releases the Goofy film Foul Hunting to theaters. [16] [23] [228.192]

November 14

• The Pluto film Mail Dog is released. [16] [15] [23] [228.306]

November 28

• The Donald Duck film Chip 'n' Dale is released. Chip and Dale also appear, and are named for the first time. [16] [15] [113.236] [235.93] [228.90]

December

• The Disney comic book Donald Duck: Christmas on Bear Mountain includes the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge McDuck, created by Cark Banks. [75] [250.90] [228.42] [501.489]

December 26

• The Pluto film Pluto's Blue Note is released. [16] [15] [23] [228.393]

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