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Theatrical releases[]

Shorts[]

• 1924 - Alice the Peacemaker
• 1936 - Mickey's Circus
• 1941 - Truant Officer Donald
• 1947 - Crazy with the Heat
• 1951 - How to Catch a Cold
• 1953 - The New Neighbor
• 1958 - Paul Bunyan

Films[]

• 1974 - The Castaway Cowboy
• 1986 - Flight of the Navigator
• 1997 - Air Bud (Disney Distribution Only)
• 2008 - Swing Vote (Touchstone Pictures)
• 2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Studios)

Television[]

• 2003
  • The Kim Possible episode "Two to Tutor" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Proud Family episode "The Camp, the Counselor, the Mole, and the Rock" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2004 - Fox Kids France is rebranded as Jetix as part of the Jetix rebranding of Fox Kids.
• 2005 - The W.I.T.C.H. episode "The Rebel Rescue" premieres.
• 2009
  • The Handy Manny episodes "Saving the Turtles/Abuelito's Siesta" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Minnie's Bee Story" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Phineas and Ferb episodes "No More Bunny Business/Spa Day" premiere on Disney XD.
• 2010
  • The Hannah Montana episode "De-Do-Do-Do, Da-Don't-Don't, Don't, Tell My Secret" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Good Luck Charlie episode "Teddy's Little Helper" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Jonas L.A. episode "The Secret" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2011 - The Zeke and Luther episode "Skate Troopers" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2014
  • The Cars Toons episode "The Radiator Springs 500½" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Dog With a Blog episode "The Mutt and the Mogul" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets the Truth" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Gravity Falls Season 2 premiere, "Scary-oke", premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Phineas and Ferb episode "Imperfect Storm" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on June 11).
  • The Wander Over Yonder episode "The Tourist" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on June 11 ).
  • The Jake and the Never Land Pirates episode "Hook the Genie!/A Royal Misunderstanding" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Sofia the First episode "Sofia the Second" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2016
  • The Star vs. the Forces of Evil episodes "Star vs. Echo Creek" and "Wand to Wand" premiere on Disney XD.
  • The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "Galactech: The Galactech Grab/Galactech: An Admiral Rescue" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2018 - The Big City Greens episodes "Breaking News/Cyberbullies" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2020
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Friend Con/Flimflammed" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Amphibia episodes "Quarreler's Pass/Toadcatcher" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Owl House episodes "Really Small Problems" and "Understanding Willow" premiere on Disney Channel.

Online[]

• 2023 - The Chibi Tiny Tales Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur short "Carnival" releases on the Disney Channel YouTube channel.

Home media releases[]

• 2000 - The Rescuers Down Under, Hercules, and A Bug's Life are released as part of the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection.
• 2006 - The Shaggy Dog (2006), and Disney Learning Adventures with Winnie the Pooh: Shapes and Sizes and Wonderful Word Adventure

Books[]

• 2001 - Contemporary Disney

Character debuts[]

• 2014 - Sofia the Worst, Undead, Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Drax the Destroyer, Yondu Udonta, Ronan the Accuser, Nebula, Meredith Quill, Korath the Pursuer, Rhomann Dey, Irani Rael, Kraglin Obfonteri, Howard the Duck, Agent Powers, Agent Trigger, Lady Joy, Lord Gilbert, Tom Fairbanks, Doug, Emerson, Carol
• 2020 - General Yunan

Events[]

• 2013 - Disney Junior greenlights the series Miles from Tomorrowland.

People[]

Births[]

• 1913 - Hal Ambro † (animator and film director)
• 1914
  • Joe Rinaldi † (screenwriter and storyboard artist)
  • Chuck Keehne † (costume designer)
• 1933 - Dom DeLuise † (actor, voice actor, comedian, director, producer, chef, and author)
• 1946 - Karen Pendleton † (Mouseketeer)
• 1957 - Taylor Negron † (actor, comedian, and playwright)
• 1963 - Coolio † (rapper, actor, and record producer)
• 1966 - Daniel Gerson † (screenwriter and voice actor)
• 1982 - Deborah Baker Jr. (actress)
• 1998 - Khamani Griffin (actor and voice actor)
• 2002 - Oona Laurence (actress)
• 2008 - Emma Berman (voice actress)