October 24

On the 24th in 1947, Walt Disney testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee. In the course of his testimony, Disney named animators Herbert Sorrell, David Hilberman and William Pomerance, as employees that he believed to be communists. Walt also singled out the Screen Actors Guild as being a front for communist agitators. Documents released under the Freedom of Information act also reveal that from 1941 until his death in 1966 Disney worked as a spy for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Ronald Reagan, the president of the Screen Actors Guild at the time, was called to testify at the HUAC hearings but when he did, he refused to name names.