Pixar Cars Wiki:Timeline

The timeline on this article shows events in the history of the Cars series.

1925:

• January 26 - Paul Newman is born.
• February 17 - Hal Holbrook is born.

1926:

• October 18 - Chuck Berry is born.
• December 24 - Witold Pyrkosz is born.

1927:

• June 8 - Jerry Stiller is born.

1928:

• February 22 - Paul Dooley is born.

1929:

• July 5 - Katherine Helmond is born.
• September 20 - Anne Meara is born.

1930:

• October 24 - Jack Angel is born.

1931:

• June 28 - Junior Johnson is born.
• July 2 - Robert Ito is born.

1933:

• March 14 - Michael Caine is born.
• September 18 - Fred Willard is born.

1934:

• July 28 - Bud Luckey is born.
• September 20 - Sophia Loren is born.

1937:

• January 30 - Vanessa Redgrave is born.
• May 12 - George Carlin is born.
• June 28 - Tom Magliozzi is born.
• July 2 - Richard Petty is born.

1938:

• January 2 - Mickie McGowan is born.
• July 30 - Michael Bell is born.
• October 23 - H.A. Wheeler is born.

1939:

• May 26 - Brent Musburger is born.
• June 9 - David Hobbs is born.
• October 27 - John Cleese is born.

1940:

• February 28 - Mario Andretti is born.
• June 1 - René Auberjonois is born.
• October 16 - Barry Corbin is born.

1941:

• June 2 - Stacy Keach is born.
• August 4 - Martin Jarvis is born.
• November 23 - Franco Nero is born.

1942:

• March 6 - Lynda Petty is born.

1943:

• November 28 - Randy Newman is born.

1944:

• October 8 - Dale Dye is born.

1945:

• July 23 - Edie McClurg is born.
• October 7 - Michael Wallis is born.

1946:

• March 12 - Frank Welker is born.
• June 19 - Jennifer Darling is born.
• July 13 - Cheech Marin is born.

1947:

• January 10 - Ivar Brogger is born.
• February 5 - Darrell Waltrip is born.
• April 6 - John Ratzenberger is born.
• November 13 - Joe Mantegna is born.
• December 17 - Wes Studi is born.

1948:

• March 12 - James Taylor is born.
• March 14 - Billy Crystal is born.
• July 12 - Susan Blu is born.

1949:

• February 22 - Niki Lauda is born.
• March 16 - Erik Estrada is born.
• March 30 - Ray Magliozzi is born.
• November 25 - Mike Joy is born.

1950:

• April 28 - Jay Leno is born.
• November 28 - Ed Harris is born.

1951:

• July 9 - Chris Cooper is born.
• July 18 - Margo Martindale is born.
• July 28 - Danny Mann is born.
• September 5 - Michael Keaton is born.
• November 20 - Rodger Bumpass is born.

1952:

• January 20 - Dave Fennoy is born.
• March 2 - Laraine Newman is born.
• March 22 - Bob Costas is born.
• May 20 - Sherry Lynn is born.
• June 20 - John Goodman is born.
• July 1 - Brian George is born.
• November 14 - Bill Farmer is born.
• November 15 - Randy Savage is born.

1953:

• June 13 - Tim Allen is born.
• November 27 - Curtis Armstrong is born.

1954:

• March 7 - Adrian Ochoa is born.
• April 27 - John Cygan is born.
• June 14 - Jan Rabson is born.
• September 13 - Isiah Whitlock Jr. is born.

1955:

• August 3 - Corey Burton is born.
• November 24 - Craig Good is born.

1956:

• March 11 - Rob Paulsen is born.
• July 9 - Tom Hanks is born.
• November 10 - Sinbad is born.
• November 22 - Richard Kind is born.

1957:

• January 12 - John Lasseter is born.
• January 25 - Jenifer Lewis is born.
• February 28 - John Turturro is born.
• March 9 - Mark Mancina is born.
• March 23 - Teresa Ganzel is born.
• March 28 - Paul Eiding is born.
• August 26 - Ray Evernham is born.

1958:

• May 23 - Lea DeLaria is born.
• April 29 - Brad Lewis is born.
• June 22 - Bruce Campbell is born.

1959:

• March 24 - Lloyd Sherr is born.
• December 31 - Val Kilmer is born.

1960:

• March 13 - Joe Ranft is born.
• April 11 - Jeremy Clarkson is born.
• April 14 - Brad Garrett is born.
• June 2 - Kyle Petty is born.
• November 8 - Megan Cavanagh is born.
• December 15 - Jan Nilsson is born.

1961:

• January 13 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus is born.
• January 18 - Bob Peterson is born.
• September 22 - Bonnie Hunt is born.
• October 1 - Steve Purcell is born.
• October 8 - Jon Stevens is born.

1962:

• February 7 - Eddie Izzard is born.
• February 11 - Sheryl Crow is born.
• June 5 - Jeff Garlin is born.
• July 19 - Anthony Edwards is born.
• July 20 - Carlos Alazraqui is born.
• August 31 - Dee Bradley Baker is born.
• September 8 - Thomas Kretschmann is born.
• October 26 - Cary Elwes is born.

1963:

• January 4 - Dave Foley is born.
• February 12 - John Michael Higgins is born.
• February 17 - Larry the Cable Guy is born.
• June 6 - Jason Isaacs is born.
• December 23 - Jess Harnell is born.

1964:

• January 6 - Colin Cowherd is born.
• March 8 - Bob Bergen is born.
• April 24 - Cedric the Entertainer is born.
• October 25 - Kevin Michael Richardson is born.
• November 14 - Patrick Warburton is born.
• December 8 - Teri Hatcher is born.

1965:

• March 24 - Peter Jacobson is born.
• April 16 - Jon Cryer is born.
• July 26 - Jeremy Piven is born.
• September 12 - Oliver Kalkofe is born.
• December 3 - Andrew Stanton is born.

1966:

• April 28 - Sig Hansen is born.
• July 18 - Lori Alan is born.

1967:

• January 26 - Bryan Callen is born.
• June 25 - Audrey Wasilewski is born.
• July 7 - Tom Kristensen is born.
• July 16 - Jonathan Adams is born.
• October 10 - Michael Giacchino is born.
• November 9 - Guido Quaroni is born.

1968:

• March 21 - Greg Ellis is born.
• September 28 - Mika Häkkinen is born.
• October 9 - Pete Docter is born.
• November 18 - Owen Wilson is born.

1969:

• January 3 - Michael Schumacher is born.
• July 20 - Jeffrey M. Howard is born.
• Unknown Date - Jim Capobianco is born.

1970:

• January 28 - Junichi Kajioka is born.
• March 3 - Julie Bowen is born.
• May 30 - Ferrell Barron is born.
• June 19 - David Croft is born.
• November 2 - Victor Navone is born.
• December 21 - Jamie Theakston is born.

1971:

• January 15 - Regina King is born.
• March 5 - Torbin Xan Bullock is born.
• March 27 - Nathan Fillion is born.
• April 3 - James Seymour Brett is born.
• April 9 - Jacques Villeneuve is born.
• April 23 - Teresa Gallagher is born.
• August 4 - Jeff Gordon is born.
• September 15 - Colleen O'Shaughnessey is born.
• November 15 - Danny Pardo is born.
• December 1 - Emily Mortimer is born.

1972:

• January 30 - Jennifer Hale is born.
• February 26 - Keith Ferguson is born.
• March 18 - Dane Cook is born.
• April 15 - Lou Romano is born.
• October 28 - Brad Paisley is born.
• December 28 - Tom Bromhead is born.

1973:

• January 14 - Giancarlo Fisichella is born.
• February 12 - Tara Strong is born.
• May 25 - Jossara Jinaro is born.
• August 24 - Grey DeLisle is born.

1974:

• January 24 - Jason Pace is born.
• February 13 - Robbie Williams is born.
• May 6 - Matt Yang King is born.
• July 13 - Jarno Trulli is born.
• September 1 - Dana Powell is born.
• October 10 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. is born.
• November 6 - Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi is born.
• December 27 - Masi Oka is born.

1975:

• January 29 - Brian Fee is born.
• April 15 - Elissa Knight is born.
• April 30 - Jeremy Maxwell is born.
• June 28 - Ruth Livier is born.
• August 11 - Roger Craig Smith is born.
• September 16 - Toks Olagundoye is born.

1976:

• January 21 - Emma Bunton is born.
• July 23 - Shannon Spake is born.
• July 15 - Gabriel Iglesias is born.

1977:

• January 31 - Kerry Washington is born.
• October 16 - John Mayer is born.
• October 18 - Peter Sohn is born.

1978:

• January 29 - Jarosław Kuźniar is born.
• May 10 - Corri English is born.

1979:

• January 1 - Pixar Animation Studios, the creator of Cars, is founded as Graphics Group.
• January 6 - Cristela Alonzo is born.

1980:

• July 10 - Claudia Leitte is born.

1981:

• January 7 - Anna Dereszowska is born.
• March 8 - Justin Wright is born.
• May 4 - Angel Oquendo is born.
• May 20 - Mark Winterbottom is born.
• July 29 - Fernando Alonso is born.
• August 8 - Valerie LaPointe is born.
• August 18 - Memo Rojas Jr. is born.

1982:

• March 17 - Jake Monaco is born.
• July 18 - Priyanka Chopra is born.

1983:

• July 29 - Tania Gunadi is born.

1984:

• August 15 - Apple releases its first iMac. Because this happened in 1984, Apple's number is 84 the Piston Cup.
• September 8 - Vitaly Petrov is born.
• December 30 - Andra Day is born.

1985:

• January 7 - Lewis Hamilton is born.
• January 29 - Jessica Marais is born.

1986:

• February 3 - Pixar is funded by Apple.
• August 28 - Armie Hammer is born.

1987:

• July 3 - Sebastian Vettel is born.

1989:

• December 21 - Quinta Brunson is born.

1991:

• December 19 - Jorge Blanco is born.

1992:

• January 7 - Daniel Suárez is born.

1993:

• October 8 - Darrell Wallace Jr. is born.
• October 25 - Zeno Robinson is born.
• December 31 - Ryan Blaney is born.

1995:

• November 28 - Chase Elliott is born.

1997:

• November 10 - Emerson Tenney is born.

1998:

• July 24 - Daniel Okeefe is born.

2004:

• November 5 - The Cars Teaser Trailer gets aired for the first time.

2005:

• August 16 - Joe Ranft dies in a car accident, during the making of Cars.

2006:

• May 11 - The Cars Diecast Line is released to markets.
• June 6 - Cars: The Videogame and Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures are released.
• June 9 - Cars hits theatres nationwide.
• November 7 - the Cars DVD is released, including the feature film and a new short, Mater and the Ghostlight.

2007:

• June 9 - Cars Quatre Roues Rallye is opened at Disneyland Paris.
• September 25 - Cars Ultimate Ride DVD is released exclusively to Walmart stores.
• October 30 - Cars: Mater-National Championship is released.
• November 6 - Cars is released on Blu-ray, including the Car Finder game.

2008:

• March 18 - Justin Wright dies of a heart attack.
• June 22 - George Carlin dies of heart disease.
• September 26 - Paul Newman dies of lung cancer.
• October 27 - Rescue Squad Mater premieres on Disney Channel.
• October 28 - Mater the Greater premieres on Disney Channel.
• October 29 - El Materdor premieres on Disney Channel.
• October 6 - The World of Cars Online test track is put online.
• December 12 - Tokyo Mater is theatrically released, in front of Disney's Bolt.

2009:

• October 12 - Cars: Race-O-Rama is released.
• November 20 - Unidentified Flying Mater airs on Disney Channel.
• November 1 - The World of Cars Online beta opens.

2010:

• June 29 - The World of Cars Online is officially launched.
• July 30 - Monster Truck Mater airs on Disney Channel.
• October 15 - Heavy Metal Mater makes its debut in the US, previously only available in international countries.
• November 2 - The Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales DVD and Blu-ray are released, featuring two new shorts, Moon Mater and Mater Private Eye.
• November 19 - The Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales video game is released.

2011:

• April 12 - The Cars Blu-ray/DVD Combo-Pack is released.
• May 20 - Randy Savage dies of cardiac arrhythmia while driving.
• June 13 - World of Cars Wiki is launched.
• June 21 - Cars 2: The Video Game is released.
• June 24 - Cars 2 is theatrically released in the United States.
• November 1 - Cars 2 is released on DVD and Blu-ray, and packaged with the newly-released Cars Toon, Air Mater.

2012:

• February 8 - The World of Cars Online closes.
• February 21 - The sequel to the WOC online opens, called Cars Land Racers.
• March 20 - Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure is released for the Xbox 360.
• June 5 - Time Travel Mater airs on Disney Channel.
• June 15 - Cars Land opens at Disney California Adventure.

2013:

• January 1 - Cars Land gets its own float in the 2013 Rose Parade.
• March 22 - Hiccups, Bugged and Spinning are aired.
• August 6 - Planes: The Video Game is released.
• August 9 - Planes is released to theatres.
• August 18 - Disney Infinity is released.
• October 29 - Cars is released on 3D Blu-ray Combo Pack.
• November 19 - Planes is released on DVD, Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray.

2014:

• March 25 - Lynda Petty dies due to a long battle with cancer.
• May 20 - The Radiator Springs 500½ is released on Disney Movies Anywhere.
• July 18 - Planes: Fire & Rescue is released to theatres.
• August 1 - The Radiator Springs 500½ is premiered on Disney Channel.
• September 23 - Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition is released.
• October 9 - Cars: Fast as Lightning is released on mobile devices.
• November 3 - Tom Magliozzi dies from Alzheimer's disease complications.
• November 4 - Planes: Fire & Rescue: The Video Game and the Planes: Fire & Rescue Blu-ray and DVD are released.

2015:

• May 23 - Anne Meara dies of a stroke.
• June 28 - The Science Behind Pixar opens.
• July 29 - Cars Daredevil Garage is released on iOS devices.
• August 30 - Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition is released.

2016:

• January 10 - The Science Behind Pixar begins a national tour.
• March 7 - Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters is opened at Cars Land.

2017:

• March 18 - Chuck Berry dies of cardiac arrest.
• April 22 - Witold Pyrkosz dies of pneumonia followed by a stroke.
• May 13 - John Cygan dies of cancer.
• June 13 - Cars 3: Driven to Win is released.
• June 16 - Cars 3 is released in theatres.
• November 7 - Cars 3 is released on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.

2018:

• February 24 - Bud Luckey dies from a stroke.
• June 28 - DisneyToon Studios is shut down.

2019:

• February 23 - Katherine Helmond dies from Alzheimer's disease complications.
• March 31 - Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy opened in Sunset Boulevard at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
• May 20 - Niki Lauda dies from a period of ill health.
• December 20 - Junior Johnson dies from Alzheimer's disease.

2020:

• May 11 - Jerry Stiller dies of natural causes.
• May 15 - Fred Willard dies of cardiac arrest.

2021:

• January 4 - An unnamed television series is announced to be premiering on Disney+ in late 2022.
• January 21 - The Pixar Popcorn episodes are released on Disney+.
• January 23 - Hal Holbrook dies of unknown causes.
• November 12 - Disney+ announces on Twitter, that the upcoming series would be titled Cars on the Road, along with a few sketches summarizing the plot of the show.

2022:

• March 9 - The "Disney Meeting of Shareholders" goes live with an official image from the upcoming Disney+ show, Cars on the Road.
• March 11 - Mickie McGowan dies of unknown causes.
• April 27 - Jossara Jinaro dies of cancer.
• September 8 - Cars on the Road is released on Disney+.
• October 13 - Jan Rabson dies of a heart attack.