March 3

Shorts

 * 1934 - Playful Pluto

Films

 * 1995 - Man of the House

Theme Park happenings

 * 1995 - Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye opens at Disneyland to an invitation-only event.

Television

 * 1963 - A Square Peg in a Round Hole, part of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color premieres on NBC.
 * 1998 - The 101 Dalmatians: The Series series finale episode "Dalmatian Vacation, Part 2: Cross-Country Chaos" premieres in syndication.
 * 2001 - The Weekenders episodes "Baskets for Bucks" and "Pru" and the House of Mouse episode "Timon and Pumbaa" premiere on ABC.
 * 2006 - The Emperor's New School premiere on the Disney Channel with the episode "The Lost Kids/The Big Fight".
 * 2008 - The Emperor's New School premiere on the Disney Channel with the episode "Citizen Kronk/The Pajama Llama Dilemma".
 * 2012 - The Phineas and Ferb episode "Perry the Actorpus" premiere on Disney XD, and later in the day, Disney Channel.

VHS & DVD Releases

 * 1995 - The Lion King
 * 1997 - Peter Pan and The Moon-Spinners
 * 2009 - Air Bud: Special Edition and Beverly Hills Chihuahua
 * 2015 - Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

DVD & Blu-ray Releases

 * 2009 - Beverly Hills Chihuahua
 * 2015 - Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Births

 * 1900 - Gage Clarke (actor)
 * 1906 - Donald Novis (actor and singer)
 * 1911 - Jean Harlow (actress)
 * 1913 - Manuel Gonzales (comics artist)
 * 1935 - Eugenia Paul (actress and dancer)
 * 1937 - Bobby Driscoll (actor)
 * 1958 - Miranda Richardson (English stage, film and television actress)
 * 1966 - Tone Lōc (rapper and actor)
 * 1970 - Julie Bowen (actress)
 * 1974 - David Faustino (actor, rapper, voice actor)
 * 1982 - Jessica Biel (actress)

Deaths

 * 1959 - Lou Costello (comedian and actor)
 * 1976 - Ray Gilbert (lyricist)
 * 1987 - Danny Kaye (actor, singer, dancer, and comedian)
 * 1999 - Giovan Battista Carpi (comics artist)
 * 2012 - Ralph McQuarrie (conceptual designer and illustrator)