1901- Walt Disney is born in Chicago, Illinois
1906- Moved to farm life in Marceline, Missouri
1910- Moves to Kansas City, works as paperboy
1914- World War I starts
1918- Works as ambulance driver in WWI : Moves back with family in Chicago
1919- Walt gets his first job as an artist
1922- Declares Bankruptcy
1923-Starts business with his brother Roy in Hollywood
1925- Is happily married to Lillian Bounds
1927- Creates Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
1928- Mickey Mouse is born and Steamboat Willie premiers
1929- The Great Depression starts
1932- Produces first cartoon to use Technicolor called Flowers and Trees goes down in history
1933- Diane Disney was born in Los Angeles, California
1936- Sharon Disney was adopted in Los Angeles, California
1937- Makes award winning Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1950- Disney's super hit Cinderella premiers
1955- Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California and the first premier of The Mickey Mouse Club
1964- Releases classic Mary Poppins
1966- Dies of lung cancer on December 15 in California
1971- The opening of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida