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Walter Elias Disney ( December 5, 1901– December 15, 1966) was an American animated film producer and animator. He was also the creator of an American-based theme park called Disneyland, and the founder of the highly profitable corporation, now known as The Walt Disney Company.
1 Childhood
Disney was born in Chicago to Elias Disney and Flora Call. He was named after his father and after his father's close friend Walter ParrWalter Robinson Parr was a preacher at St. Paul Congregational Church in Chicago, Illinois, where he befriended Elias Disney. Disney named his fourth son, Walter Elias Disney, after Parr. Son of Alexander and Matilda (Richards) Parr was born in Liverpool,, the minister at St. Paul Congregational Church. In 1906Events January 8 Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 January 31 Earthquake in Ecuador (8. 6 in Richter scale) February 11 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos''. February 15 Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee in t, his family moved to a farm near MarcelineMarceline is a city located in Chariton and Linn County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,558. Marceline is best known for being the boyhood hometown of Walt Disney. Although the family lived here for only four years,, MissouriMissouri named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning "canoe", is a Midwestern state of the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. The state's nickname is the State the U. Post Office abbreviation for Missouri is MO and the state public. The family sold the farm in 1909Events January 5 Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. January 16 Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. January 28 United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War. February 12 The National and lived in a rented house until 1910Events January events January 13 The first live musical radio program. Lee De Forest broadcasts a live performance of Enrico Caruso from the Metropolitan Opera. January 26 ? Seine floods in Paris. February events February 8 The Boy Scouts of America is in, when they moved to Kansas CityKansas City is a city in Clay, Cass, Jackson, and Platte counties in Missouri. Often abbreviated KCMO, Kansas City is the center of the Kansas City metropolitan area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a. Disney was nine years old at the time.
According to the Kansas City, Missouri, Public School District records, Disney began attending the Benton Grammar School located at 3004 Benton Boulevard on September 5September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). There are 117 days remaining. Events 1666 Great Fire of London ended: A large fire in London burns out after three days. 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral were destroyed, but on, 1911, and continued his formal education there until he graduated from the 7th grade on June 8, 1917. During this time, Disney also enrolled in classes at the Kansas City Art Institute. In the fall of 1917, Disney rejoined his family, who had returned to Chicago, and there he began attending the 8th grade. He left school at the age sixteen and became a volunteer ambulance driver in World War I, after he changed his birth certificate to show his year of birth as 1900 in order to be able to enlist in the service. He served as a member of the American Red Cross Ambulance Force in France till 1919.
