November 17

Shorts

 * 1934 - The Dognapper

Feature Films

 * 1989 - The Little Mermaid

Births

 * 1905 - Mischa Auer (actor)
 * 1907 - Les Clark (animator)
 * 1944 - Gary Goldman (film producer, director, animator, writer, and voice actor)
 * 1944 - Danny DeVito (actor, comedian, director, and producer)
 * 1951 - Stephen Root (actor and voice actor)
 * 1960 - RuPaul (actor, model, author, and recording artist)
 * 1965 - Darryl Kurylo (voice actor)
 * 1966 - Thomas McHugh (voice actor and actor)
 * 1976 - Brian T. Delaney (voice actor and actor)
 * 1978 - Rachel McAdams (actress) and Tom Ellis (actor)

Deaths

 * 1985 - Jimmy Ritz (comedian)
 * 1989 - Billy Lee (actor)
 * 2012 - Bonnie Lynn Fields (actress)
 * 2016 - Steve Truglia (stuntman)

Theme park happenings

 * 2011 - Toy Story Land opens at Hong Kong Disneyland.
 * 2015 - Mickey and the Wondrous Book will premiere in the Storybook Theater at Hong Kong Disneyland.

Television

 * 1985 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film, The Blue Yonder , premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Ducks of the West" premieres in syndication.
 * 1989 - The DuckTales episode "The Masked Mallard" and the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "When Mice Were Men" premiere in syndication.
 * 1993 - The Bonkers episode "The Dimming" premieres in syndication.
 * 1994 - The Aladdin episode "Night of the Living Mud" premieres in syndication.
 * 1995 - The Timon and Pumbaa episode "Back Out in the Outback/Gabon with the Wind" premieres in syndication, and the Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Marine Mammals" premieres on syndication.
 * 1996 - The Brotherly Love episode "Downtown Girl" premieres on The WB.
 * 1997 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "A Plant Grows in Bear's House" premieres on Playhouse Disney, and the 101 Dalmatians: The Series premiere in syndication with the episode "The Good-bye Chick".
 * 2000 - The Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Revenge of the Raenoks" premieres on UPN and in syndication.
 * 2003 - Lilo & Stitch: The Series premiere on the Disney Channel with the episode "Elastico".
 * 2009 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh premiere on Playhouse Disney with the episode "Roo's Pebble in the Pond"/"Darby's Super Sleuth Surprise".
 * 2015 - The Evermoor Chronicles episode Drifty premieres on Disney Channel, and The Muppets episode "Too Hot to Handler" premieres on ABC.

Books

 * 2010 - The Art of Tangled

Video games

 * 2009 - The Princess and the Frog is released for Wii and Nintendo DS.