April 16

Shorts

 * 1928 - Ride 'Em Plowboy
 * 1948 - Daddy Duck

Films

 * 1964 - The Tattooed Police Horse
 * 2013 - Wings of Life

Television

 * 1958 - The Disneyland episode "Four Tales on a Mouse" premieres on ABC.
 * 1989 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Pound of the Baskervilles" premieres on The Disney Channel.
 * 1990 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "A Lean on the Property" premieres on syndication.
 * 1999 - The Timon &amp; Pumbaa episodes "You May Have Already Won Six Million Bakra" and "My Meteor, My Friend" premiere on CBS.
 * 2005 - The Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! episode "Snowbound" premieres on ABC Family and the W.I.T.C.H. episode "The Princess Revealed" premieres.

Theme park happenings

 * 2001 - The Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge opens at the Walt Disney World Resort.

DVD & Blu-ray releases

 * 2013 - Wings of Life

Births

 * 1867 - Wilbur Wright (inventor and historical figure)
 * 1889 - Charlie Chaplin (comic actor, filmmaker, and composer)
 * 1913 - Les Tremayne (radio, film and television actor)
 * 1918 - Spike Milligan (comedian, actor, and writer)
 * 1921 - Peter Ustinov (actor, writer, filmmaker, and dramatist)
 * 1924 - Henry Mancini (composer, conductor, and music arranger)
 * 1934 - Vicar (cartoonist)
 * 1952 - Billy West (voice actor, singer, comedian, musician, songwriter, and radio personality)
 * 1962 - Anna Della Rossu (fashion editor)
 * 1965 - Jon Cryer (actor, writer, screenwriter, film director, and film producer); Martin Lawrence (actor and comedian)
 * 1990 - Lorraine Nicholson (actress)
 * 1994 - Liliana Mumy (actress)

Deaths

 * 1981 - Berneice Hansell (voice actress)
 * 2016 - Kit West (special effects artist, actor, cinematographer, and producer); Rod Daniel (director, producer, and actor)