1982

Events

 * The Walt Disney Home Video ending promo, titled Walt Disney and You, debuts.

Feature Films

 * February 5 - Night Crossing
 * April 2 - Fantasia (re-issue) (digitally re-recorded release)
 * June 4 - Bambi (re-issue)
 * July 9 - Tron
 * July 30 - Tex
 * December 17 - Peter Pan (re-issue)

Shorts

 * October 1 - Vincent
 * October 27 - Fun with Mr. Future

VHS releases

 * The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
 * The Wind in the Willows
 * Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
 * Snowball Express
 * Storybook Classics
 * November - The Three Caballeros, Fun and Fancy Free, The Cat from Outer Space, The Ugly Daschund, and The Parent Trap.

Direct-to-video releases

 * A Day at Disneyland
 * A Walt Disney Christmas

Television

 * December 5 - A Disney Christmas Gift

Theme Park Happenings

 * October 1 - Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center opens to the public.

Births

 * January 13 - Ruth Wilson (actress)
 * March 3 - Jessica Biel (actress)
 * March 10 - Shin Koyamada (actor)
 * March 30 - Jason Dohring (actor)
 * April 3 - Cobie Smulders (actress)
 * April 5 - Hayley Atwell (actress)
 * April 9 - Jay Baruchel (actor)
 * April 15 - Seth Rogen (actor, comedian and voice actor)
 * April 24 - Kelly Clarkson (singer, songwriter, and actress)
 * April 30 - Kirsten Dunst (actres and model)
 * May 11 - Jonathan Jackson (actor, musician and author)
 * May 19 - Rebecca Hall (actress)
 * May 20 - Sierra Bogess (theatre actress and singer)
 * July 9 - Toby Kebbell (actor)
 * July 18 - Priyanka Chopra (actress and singer-songwriter)
 * August 20 - Meghan Ory (actress)
 * August 25 - Benjamin Diskin (voice actor)
 * September 10 - Bret Iwan (current voice of Mickey Mouse)
 * September 30 - Lacey Chabert (actress)
 * October 3 - Erik von Detten (voice actor)
 * October 23 - Bradley Pierce (voice-over artist and character actor)
 * November 10 - Heather Matarazzo (actress)
 * November 12 - Anne Hathaway (actress)

Deaths

 * January 5 - Hans Conried (actor and comedian)
 * January 8 - Reta Shaw (actress)
 * May 1 - Gene Sheldon (actor and musician)
 * June 11 - Al Rinker (vocalist and composer)
 * June 27 - Jack Mullaney (actor)
 * July 23 - Vic Morrow (actor)
 * August 2 - Cathleen Nesbitt (British stage, film and television actress)
 * September - Christine Nelson (one-time actress and daughter of Jerry Nelson)
 * September 2 - Jay Novello (actor)
 * December 2 - Marty Feldman (comedian and writer)