August 9

Theme Park happenings

 * 1969: The Haunted Mansion opens at Disneyland.

Shorts

 * 1940 - Donald's Vacation
 * 1946 - Wet Paint

Films

 * 1985 - My Science Project (Touchstone Pictures)
 * 2013 - Planes

Television

 * 2002 - The Lizzie McGuire episode "Just Like Lizzie" and the Even Stevens episode "Hardly Famous" premieres on the Disney Channel.

DVD Releases

 * 2005 - The Muppet Show, Season One and The Muppets' Wizard of Oz.

Blu-ray Releases

 * 2011 - The Fox and the Hound 2-Movie Collection and Mars Needs Moms

Miscellaneous

 * 2004 - Donald Duck receives his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Births

 * 1923 - John Stephenson (actor and voice actor)
 * 1957 - Melanie Griffith (actress)
 * 1963 - Whitney Houston (singer, producer and actress)
 * 1968 - Eric Bana (actor)
 * 1983 - Ashley Johnson (actress)
 * 1985 - Anna Kendrick (actress and singer)

Deaths

 * 2015 - Susan Sheridan (actress and voice actress)