1931
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- The David McKay Company of Philadelphia publishes the book, The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. This is the first hardback Disney book. The book gives the first published reference to Donald Duck. [96.28,79] [113.164] [228.9] [228.53,64]
1934
- June 9
- The Silly Symphony film The Wise Little Hen is released to theaters. Donald Duck makes his film debut, with a voice supplied by Clarence Nash. Nash also voices the character Peter Pig. [16] [1] [7] [22] [23] [40.149] [49.255] [48.129] [96.38] [97.69] [108.vii] [113.110] [228.144] [229.52] [242.22] [245.34] [246.91] [434.33] [501.617] [1248.40] (Donald debuts in \iThe Orphans' Benefit\i [34.182])
- August 11
- The Mickey Mouse film Orphan's Benefit is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Goofy, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow also appear. [16] [7] [23] [15] [228.374] [1248.42] (Goofy is named [49.254])
- September 16
- Donald Duck is introduced to comic strips in the Silly Symphony Sunday edition. [82.102]
- November 17
- The Mickey Mouse film The Dognapper is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, and Pete also appear. [15] [23] [228.143] (Dog Napper [16])
1935
- February 10
- Donald Duck makes his first appearance in the Mickey Mouse Sunday edition comic strip. [82.102]
- February 23
- The Mickey Mouse film The Band Concert is released to theaters. Donald Duck also appears. This is the first Mickey Mouse film processed in Technicolor. [16] [7] [22] [23] [85.9] [113.110] [190.26] [228.40] [230.31] [250.98]
- March 14
- Donald Duck makes his first appearance in the Mickey Mouse daily newspaper comic strip. [82.102]
- March 16
- The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Service Station is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear. [16] [23] [15] [228.328]
- (month unknown)
- Development begins on the proposed animated short film, Sea Monster, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy. [176.36]
- August 3
- The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Fire Brigade is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Clarabelle Cow, and Goofy also appear. [16] [15] [23] [228.326]
- September 28
- The Mickey Mouse film On Ice is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and Goofy also appear. [16] [23] [228.369]
1936
- January 4
- The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Polo Team is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear. [16] [23] [228.328]
- February 15
- The Mickey Mouse film Orphan's Picnic is released to theaters. Donald Duck also appears. [16] [23] [228.375]
- February
- Donald Duck appears on the cover of the Mickey Mouse Magazine for the first time. [1248.43]
- June
- The idea for an animated short film entitled Sunken Treasure is first proposed, with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy in an underwater adventure. [176.55]
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- June 20
- The Mickey Mouse film Moving Day is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear. [16] [23] [228.344]
- (month unknown)
- Ted Sears and Merrill de Maris begin work for an animated film based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes, as a Silly Symphony, starring Mickey Mouse, with Donald Duck and Goofy. [176.66] (1938 [176.66])
- July 25
- The Mickey Mouse film Alpine Climbers is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear. [16] [23] [15] [228.19]
- August 1
- The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Circus is released to theaters. Donald Duck also appears. [16] [23] [15] [228.325]
- September 12
- The Mickey Mouse film Donald and Pluto is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Pluto star, without Mickey Mouse. [16] [23] [228.143]
1937
- January 9
- The Mickey Mouse film Don Donald is released to theaters. Donald Duck stars, without Mickey Mouse. Donna first appears, later renamed Daisy. [16] [23] [113.210] [228.143] [249.27] [250.98] [651.27] (1936 [15])
- February 6
- The Mickey Mouse film Magician Mickey is released to theaters. Donald Duck also appears. [16] [23] [228.305]
- February 20
- The Mickey Mouse film Moose Hunters is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear. [16] [15] [23] [228.341]
- April
- The idea for an animated short film entitled Pearl Divers is first proposed, with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck in an underwater adventure. [176.55]
- April 17
- The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Amateurs is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Clara Cluck, Clarabelle Cow, and Goofy also appear. [16] [7] [23] [228.324]
- May 29
- The Mickey Mouse film Modern Inventions is released to theaters. Donald Duck stars, without Mickey Mouse. [16] [23] [228.337]
- (month unknown)
- Disney artists work on a proposed animated short film, Jungle Mickey, with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy. [176.36]
- Work begins on a script for an animated feature film Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold. [383.176]
- September 24
- The Mickey Mouse film Hawaiian Holiday is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Pluto, Minnie Mouse, and Goofy also appear. [16] [15] [23] [228.229]
- October 15
- The Mickey Mouse film Clock Cleaners is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear. [16] [15] [23] [228.95]
- October 17
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie debut in the Donald Duck color Sunday comic page. [228.246]
- December 10
- Disney releases the first Donald Duck film, Donald's Ostrich, to theaters. [16] [15] [23] [228.148]
- December 21
- RKO Radio Pictures world premieres Disney's first full-length animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Hollywood. It is the world's first color full-length animated talking movie. The US$1.5 million needed to complete the film nearly bankrupted the company. This is the first public appearance of live-actor cartoon characters at the theater - dwarfs, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto. Two million drawings make up the 83-minute film. (Worldwide gross theater ticket sales of the original release: US$8.5 million.) [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [11] [13] [16] [15] [21] [22] [23] [185.77] [35.12] [34.101] [37.41] [42.1983] [40.163] [49.243] [48.141] [62] [90.32] [92.11] [97.135] [113.185] [177.35] [191] [206.B19] [230.30] [234.11] [235.56] [238.177] [250.96] [267.111] [370.25] [501.508] [685.29] [745.23] [1102.276] [1248.30] [1361.4] [1374.66]
- December 24
- The Mickey Mouse film Lonesome Ghosts is released. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear. [16] [7] [23] [228.295]
1938
- February 7
- The first daily "Donald Duck" comic strip is published, written by Bob Karp, drawn by Al Taliaferro. [113.18,327] [228.100,144] [230.31] [1242.62]
- February 11
- The Donald Duck film Self Control is released to theaters. [16] [23] [501.492]
- February 25
- The Mickey Mouse film Boat Builders is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, and Goofy also appear. [16] [15] [23] [228.62]
- March 11
- The Donald Duck film Donald's Better Self is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.146]
- April 15
- The Donald Duck film Donald's Nephews is released to theaters. Huey, Dewey, and Louie make their film debut. [16] [23] [228.148]
- April
- Work begins on the animated short film Donald Munchausen, with Donald Duck and his three nephews. [176.44]
- May 6
- The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Trailer is released. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear. [16] [23] [228.329]
- June 17
- The Donald Duck film Polar Trappers is released. Goofy also appeared. [16] [23] [228.395]
- (month unknown)
- K. K. Publications publishes a black and white Donald Duck comic book. [113.151,330]
- July 8
- The Donald Duck film Good Scouts is released to theaters. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear. [16] [23] [228.210]
- July
- Howard Swift proposes an animated film entitled Salvagers with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck as deep sea divers. [176.55]
- July 29
- The Donald Duck and Goofy film The Fox Hunt is released to theaters. The film is a re-make of the Silly Symphony of the same title from 1931. [16] [23] [228.194]
- August 19
- The Mickey Mouse film The Whalers is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear. [16] [23] [501.603]
- November 4
- The Donald Duck film Donald's Golf Game is released to theaters. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear. [16] [15] [23] [228.147]
1939
- January 13
- The Donald Duck film Donald's Lucky Day is released to theaters. [16] [15] [23] [228.148]
- April 28
- The Donald Duck film The Hockey Champ is released to theaters. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear. [16] [23] [228.235]
- May
- NBC's New York television station W2XBS airs a sneak preview of the Disney film Donald's Cousin Gus, making this the first TV premiere of any motion picture. [383.7]
- May 19
- The Donald Duck film Donald's Cousin Gus is released to theaters. [16] [23] [97.89] [228.146]
- June 9
- The Donald Duck film Beach Picnic is released to theaters. Pluto also appears. [16] [23] [228.44]
- June 30
- The Donald Duck film Sea Scouts is released to theaters. Huey, Dewey, and Louie also appear. [16] [23]
- August 11
- The Donald Duck film Donald's Penguin is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.148]
- September 1
- RKO Radio Pictures releases the Donald Duck film The Autograph Hound to theaters. [16] [23] [228.33] [395.62]
- October 10
- The Donald Duck film Officer Duck is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.365]
- October
- Dick Creedon and Al Perkins submit a proposal for an animated film entitled Pieces of Eight or Three Buccaneers (later called Morgan's Ghost), with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Black Pete. [176.56]
- (month unknown)
- Work begins on an animated short film entitled Museum Keepers / Old Masters / Donald and the Old Masters, with Donald Duck. [176.46]
- December 10
- The first Sunday color Donald Duck comic strip is published, written by Bob Karp, drawn by Al Taliaferro. [113.18,327] [1242.62]
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