August 23

Company Events

 * 1986 - The U.S. Senate passed a bill designating December 5th as "Walt Disney Recognition Day".

Feature Films

 * 1991 - True Identity (Touchstone Pictures)

Home video releases

 * 2011 - Bambi II: Special Edition and Prom

Television

 * 1997 - Northern Lights (Disney Channel Premiere Film) debuts.
 * 2002 - The Disney Channel Original Movie, A Ring of Endless Light, premieres on Disney Channel.

Births

 * 1912 - Ed Benedict (animator and layout artist)
 * 1912 - Gene Kelly (dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer and choreographer)
 * 1931 - Barbara Eden (film, stage and television actress and singer)

Deaths

 * 1960 - Oscar Hammerstein II (Songwriter, producer, director)
 * 2012 - Jerry Nelson (Muppet performer and singer)