October 8

Film

 * 1975 - The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
 * 1998 - Mulan premieres in London, England.

VHS & DVD Releases

 * 2002 - Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition and. The Muppet Christmas Carol

Television

 * 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Hero for Hire" premieres in syndication.
 * 1988 - Empty Nest debuts (Touchstone Television) and the Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "There's No Place Like Home" premieres on NBC.
 * 1990 - The TaleSpin episode "The Bigger They Are, the Louder They Oink" premieres in syndication.
 * 1991 - The Darkwing Duck episode "When Aliens Collide" premieres in syndication.
 * 1993 - The Bonkers episode "Do Toons Dream of Animated Sheep" premieres in syndication, and the Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Buoyancy" premieres in syndication.
 * 1994 - The Aladdin episode "That Stinking Feeling" and The Little Mermaid episode "Land of the Dinosaurs" premieres on CBS, and the Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Insects" premieres in syndication.
 * 1996 - The Quack Pack episode "Ducklaration of Independence" premieres in syndication.
 * 1998 - The Hercules episode "Hercules and the Argonauts" premieres in syndication.
 * 2000 - The Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "NOS-4-A2" premieres on UPN and in syndication.
 * 2002 - The Lloyd in Space episode "Stink-O-Rama" premieres on Toon Disney.
 * 2004 - The Phil of the Future episode "Halloween" and the Disney Channel Original Movie, Halloweentown High, premieres on Disney Channel.

Theme Park Happenings

 * 1957 - The Maxwell Coffee House in Disneyland closes.
 * 1997 - Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa receives its spa facilities and takes on its current name
 * 2001 - Journey Into Your Imagination closes to be turned into Journey Into Imagination With Figment
 * 2003 - Wishes and Mickey's PhilharMagic open at Magic Kingdom
 * 2010 - ElecTRONica begins at Disney California Adventure

Births

 * 1907 - Art Babbitt (animator)
 * 1943 - Chevy Chase (comedian, writer and actor)
 * 1944 - Dale Dye (marine, actor, radio host)
 * 1949 - Sigourney Weaver (actress)
 * 1980 - Nick Cannon (actor, rapper, radio and television personality)
 * 1980 - Michael Mizanin (professional wrestler, reality television star and actor)
 * 1993 - Angus T. Jones (actor)
 * 1997 - Bella Thorne (actress, dancer, singer, and model)