December 21: The premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Walt Disney's movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first full-length animated feature in motion picture history and was the first produced in full colour. The movie premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater, Los Angeles, California in 1937. The movie is based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. The American Film Institute named this movie as the greatest American animated film of all time, in 1998. The movie is historically and culturally significant.