April 9

Theatrical releases[]

Films[]

• 2000 - Angels in the Infield
• 2004
  • Ella Enchanted (Miramax Films)
  • The Alamo (Touchstone Pictures)

Television[]

• 1958 - The Disneyland episode "An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom" premieres on ABC.
• 1989
  • The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Adventures in Squirrelsitting" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • Part 1 of The Parent Trap III premieres on NBC.
• 1999
  • The Timon & Pumbaa episodes "Two for the Zoo/The Swine in the Stone" premiere on Toon Disney.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "Bee True" premieres on ABC.
• 2000 - PB&J Otter premieres on Playhouse Disney with the episodes "The Johnny Pompalope Story/The Soapbox Boat Race".
• 2004 - The That's So Raven episode "That's So NOT Raven" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2007 - The Little Einsteins episode "He Speaks Music!" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2009 - The Special Agent Oso episodes "Thunder Berries/Flowers Are Forever" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
• 2012
  • The Doc McStuffins episodes "Dark Knight/Hallie Gets an Earful" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Kickin' It episode "My Left Foot" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2015 - The Liv and Maddie episode "Repeat-a-Rooney" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2017 - The Once Upon a Time episode "Mother's Little Helper" premieres on ABC.
• 2018 - The Goldie & Bear episodes "Horsin' Around/Pigs Without Twigs" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2021
  • The Puppy Dog Pals episodes "The Case of the Missing Badge/Rainy, Rainy, Don't Go Away" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Raven's Home episode "10 Things Debate About You" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Sydney to the Max episode "Three Amigas and a Harry" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Just Roll With It episode "The Great Switchy Witchy" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2022
  • The Owl House episode "Reaching Out" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Amphibia episodes "Mother of Olms/Grime's Pupil" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2023
  • The first part of the Raven's Home season six premiere "European Rae-cation" airs on Disney Channel.
  • The Bunk'd episode "Badminton to the Bone" premieres on Disney Channel.

Streaming[]

• 2021

Films[]

• Cesar Millan: The Real Story is added to Disney+.
• Man of the House is added to Disney+.
• Mark Twain and Me is added to Disney+.
• Squanto: A Warrior's Tale is added to Disney+.

Series[]

• The Falcon and The Winter Soldier episode "The Whole World Is Watching" premieres on Disney+.
• Future-Worm! is added to Disney+.
• Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil is added to Disney+.

• 2023 - The Owl House's final episode "Watching and Dreaming" is added to Disney+.

Home media[]

• 1996 - Aladdin's Arabian Adventures: Fearless Friends, Team Genie, and Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: True Hearts
• 2002 - Serendipity (Miramax Home Entertainment)

Theme park happenings[]

• 2005 - Space Mountain: Mission 2 opens at Disneyland Paris.
• 2024 - Donald's Quacky Duck City opens at Tokyo Disneyland.

Events[]

• 2008 - Disney Channel announces the following:^[1]
  • Three new Disney Channel Original Movies in the works: Princess Protection Program, Dadnapped, and Hatching Pete.
  • A third season renewal for Hannah Montana.
  • A second season for renewal for both Wizards of Waverly Place and Phineas and Ferb.

People[]

Births[]

• 1935 - Avery Schreiber † (comedian and actor)
• 1954 - Dennis Quaid (actor)
• 1957 - Kathryn Hunter (actress)
• 1976 - Blayne Weaver (actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer)
• 1982 - Jay Baruchel (actor and voice actor)
• 1987 - Jesse McCartney (actor, singer-songwriter, and voice actor)
• 1990 - Kristen Stewart (actress and director)
• 1998 - Elle Fanning (actress)

Deaths[]

• 1970 - Gustaf Tenggren (children's book illustrator and inspirational sketch artist)