October 16

Events

 * 1923 - The Walt Disney Company (then Disney Brothers Studio) is founded when Walt and Roy work out a contract deal with film distributor Margaret Winkler to produce the Alice Comedies series.

Shorts

 * 1931 - The Spider and the Fly

Television

 * 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Pearl of Wisdom" premieres in syndication.
 * 1989 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "A Case of Stage Blight" premieres in syndication.
 * 1990 - The TaleSpin episode "A Baloo Switcheroo" premieres in syndication.
 * 1991 - The Dinosaurs episode "Endangered Species" premieres on ABC.
 * 1993 - The Little Mermaid episode "Giggles" and the Marsupilami episode "Mar-Sup-Du-Jour" premiere on CBS.
 * 1996 - The Quack Pack episode "Long Arm of the Claw" premieres in syndication.
 * 1998 - The Hercules episode "Hercules and the Phil Factor" premieres in syndication.
 * 1999 - The Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show episode "Honey, We're on TV" premieres in syndication.
 * 2000 - The Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "The Taking of PC-7" premieres on UPN and in syndication.
 * 2006 - Pucca premieres on Jetix with the episode "Them Bones/Ghost of a Kiss".
 * 2013 - Toy Story of Terror! premieres on ABC.

VHS & DVD releases

 * 2007 - The Invisible (Hollywood Pictures)
 * 2012 - Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Jake Saves Bucky

DVD & Blu-ray releases

 * 2012 - Pete's Dragon: 35th Anniversary Edition, The Santa Clause Trilogy box set, The Santa Clause, and The Santa Clause 2

Births

 * 1903 - Hamilton Luske (director)
 * 1925 - Angela Lansbury (actress and singer)
 * 1946 - Suzanne Somers (actress, author, singer, and businesswoman)
 * 1947 - Guy Siner (actor)
 * 1958 - Tim Robbins (actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and musician)
 * 1961 - Robert Hughes (animator, director, producer, screenwriter, and storyboard artist)
 * 1973 - Eva Röse (actress)
 * 1975 - Kellie Martin (actress)
 * 1977 - John Mayer (singer and songwriter)
 * 1981 - Caterina Scorsone (actress)
 * 2002 - Madeleine Curry (actress)

Deaths

 * 1972 - Leo G. Carroll (actor)
 * 1975 - Don Barclay (actor)
 * 2003 - Carl Urbano (director)
 * 2017 - Roy Dotrice (actor)