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1961 Disney lunch box. (Credit: The Smithsonian Institute National Museum of American History)

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2006

Walt Disney announces $7.4 billion purchase of Pixar

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1955

Disneyland opens

1950s
1993

Production begins on “Toy Story”

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2005

Michael Eisner resigns as Disney CEO

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1938

Disney releases “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”

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1950

Disney’s “Cinderella” opens in theaters

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