January 6

Shorts

 * 1950 - Pluto's Heart Throb

Television

 * 1985 - The Disney Channel Premiere film "Black Arrow" premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 1990 - The Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears season five finale "Return to Ursalia" premieres on ABC.
 * 1994 - The Aladdin premieres in syndication with the episode "Shark Treatment".
 * 1998 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Raiders of the Lost Cheese" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
 * 2000 - The Recess season five finale (And original series finale) "Lawson and His Crew", the Teacher's Pet episode "Tallulahpalooza", and the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Ancient Evil" premiere on ABC.
 * 2012 - The Wizards of Waverly Place finale, "Who Will be the Family Wizard?", premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2015 - Agent Carter premieres on ABC.

DVD & VHS releases

 * 2015 - Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Battle for the Book

Events

 * The Feast of Fools is celebrated in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Births

 * 1944 - Bonnie Franklin (actress)
 * 1952 - Armelia McQueen (actress)
 * 1955 - Rowan Atkinson (actor)

Deaths

 * 1977 - Niall MacGinnis (actor)
 * 2013 - Huell Howser (television personality)
 * 2016 - Pat Harrington Jr. (actor, voice actor and screenwriter)

Books

 * 2015 - All Hail the Queen and Memory and Magic.