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* August 27 – Walt Disney's Mary Poppins has its world premiere in Los Angeles.

It will go on to become Disney's biggest moneymaker, and winner of 5 Academy Awards, including a Best Actress award for Julie Andrews, who accepted the part after she was passed over by Jack L. Warner for the leading role of Eliza Dolittle in the film version of My Fair Lady.

Mary Poppins is the first Disney film to be nominated for Best Picture.