1997

From The Unofficial DisneyWiki

• The Lion King (musical) premires.

[edit] Theatrical Releases

• March 7 - Jungle 2 Jungle

• June 6 - Con Air (Touchstone Pictures)

• June 15 - Hercules

• July 18 - George of the Jungle

• July 18 - Nothing to Lose (Touchstone Pictures)

• August 22 - G.I. Jane (Touchstone Pictures)

• November 26 - Flubber (remake of The Absent-Minded Professor)

[edit] Theme Park Happenings

• April 6 - Disneyland's Captain Eo closes.
• June 1 - Disneyland's Lion King Celebration parade ends its near three-year-run.
• September - Disneyland's Rocket Jets closes.

[edit] Deaths

• December 16 - Lillian Disney, wife of Walt Disney, named Mickey Mouse and was an ink artist for Plane Crazy (b. 1899)