September 4

Events

 * 1997 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment announces that it's entering the DVD market.

Shorts

 * 1922 - The Laugh-O-Gram Studio short Jack and the Beanstalk is released
 * 1942 - The Goofy short How to Play Baseball is released.

Theme Parks

 * 2001 - Tokyo DisneySea opens
 * 2004 - Walt Disney World closes due to Hurricane Francis
 * 2006 - Tower of Terror opens at Tokyo DisneySea.

Television

 * 1997 - The 101 Dalmatians: The Series episode "Leisure Lawsuit/Purred it Through the Grapevine" first airs in syndication.
 * 1999 - The Disney Channel Original Movie P.U.N.K.S. premieres onDisney Channel.

Births

 * 1919 - Howard Morris was born in New York City
 * 1920 - Imagineering writer X Atencio is born in Walsenberg, Colorado
 * 1968 - Actor Phill Lewis was born in Uganda, East Africa

DVD Releases

 * 2007 - Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams