1982

Events

 * The Walt Disney Home Video ending promo, titled Walt Disney and You, debuts.

VHS releases

 * The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
 * The Wind in the Willows
 * 'Night Crossing'
 * Snowball Express
 * Storybook Classics
 * November - The Three Caballeros, Fun and Fancy Free, and The Parent Trap.

Direct-to-video releases

 * A Day at Disneyland
 * A Walt Disney Christmas

Television

 * March 17 - Herbie, the Love Bug
 * December 5 - A Disney Christmas Gift

Theme Park Happenings

 * October 1 - Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center opens to the public.

Births

 * January 13 - Ruth Wilson (actress)
 * February 5 - Brian Jones (actor)
 * March 3 - Jessica Biel (actress)
 * March 10 - Shin Koyamada (actor)
 * March 11 - Thora Birch (actress)
 * March 20 - Nick Blood (actor, director and producer)
 * March 21 - Santino Fontana (actor)
 * March 25 - Jenny Slate (actress)
 * March 30 - Jason Dohring (actor)
 * April 3 - Cobie Smulders (actress)
 * April 5 - Hayley Atwell (actress)
 * April 9 - Jay Baruchel (actor)
 * April 15 - Seth Rogen (actor, comedian and voice actor)
 * April 19 - Cassandra Morris (actress, blogger, editor, writer and voice actress)
 * April 22 - Cassidy Freeman (actress and musician)
 * April 24 - Kelly Clarkson (singer, songwriter, and actress)
 * April 30 - Kirsten Dunst (actress and model)
 * May 1 - Jamie Dornan   (actor)
 * May 11 - Jonathan Jackson (actor, musician and author)
 * May 16 - Tiya Sircar (actress)
 * May 19 - Rebecca Hall (actress)
 * May 20 - Sierra Boggess (theatre actress and singer)
 * July 9 - Toby Kebbell (actor)
 * July 18 - Priyanka Chopra (actress and singer-songwriter)
 * July 27 - Anna Paquin (actress)
 * July 29 - Allison Mack (actress)
 * August 20 - Meghan Ory (actress)
 * August 25 - Benjamin Diskin (voice actor)
 * September 10 - Bret Iwan (current voice of Mickey Mouse)
 * September 27 - Anna Camp (actress)
 * September 30 - Lacey Chabert (actress and voice actress)
 * October 3 - Erik von Detten (voice actor)
 * October 10 - Dan Stevens (actor)
 * October 15 - Tyler Jacob Moore (actor)
 * October 18 - Ne-Yo (singer and actor)
 * October 23 - Bradley Pierce (voice-over artist and character actor)
 * November 10 - Heather Matarazzo (actress)
 * November 12 - Anne Hathaway (actress)
 * November 18 - Damon Wayans, Jr. (actor, writer and comedian)
 * December 29 - Alison Brie (actress)

Deaths

 * January 5 - Hans Conried (actor and comedian)
 * January 8 - Reta Shaw (actress)
 * April 25 - Don Wilson (announcer and occasional actor)
 * May 1 - Gene Sheldon (actor and musician)
 * June 11 - Al Rinker (vocalist and composer)
 * June 27 - Jack Mullaney (actor)
 * July 23 - Vic Morrow (actor)
 * August 2 - Cathleen Nesbitt (British stage, film and television actress)
 * September - Christine Nelson (one-time actress and daughter of Jerry Nelson)
 * September 2 - Jay Novello (actor)
 * December 2 - Marty Feldman (comedian and writer)
 * December 3 - Mike Smith (mouseketeer)

Artists Joined

 * Ruben A. Aquino - Supervising Animator on The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Mulan and The Little Mermaid.
 * Jeff Howard - Effects Animator on The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, The Princess and the Frog and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
 * Gary M. Eggleston - Background Artist at Walt Disney Television Animation and worked on DuckTales, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and The Little Mermaid.
 * Lisa Keene - Background Artist/Visual Development Artist on The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Little Mermaid.
 * Susan I. Craig - Assistant Animator on The Black Cauldron, Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Rescuers Down Under.
 * Kaaren Lundeen - Assistant Animator on The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid.