January 17

Film

 * 2008 - Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert premieres at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Television

 * 1988 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh premieres on ABC with "Pooh Oughta Be In Pictures".
 * 1991 - The TaleSpin episode "Bringing Down Babyface " premieres in syndication.
 * 1993 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film, The Ernest Green Story, premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 1998 - The season one finale of Recess, "Parents Night/Swing on Thru to the Other Side" and the Pepper Ann episode "Have You Ever Been Unsupervised?/The Unusual Suspects" premiere on ABC.
 * 2003 - That's So Raven premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "Test of Friendship", "Mother Dearest", "Party Animal", and "Wake Up, Victor".
 * 2005 - The Dave the Barbarian episode "A Pig's Story" premieres on Disney Channel.

Births

 * 1899 - Al Capone (gangster)
 * 1922 - Betty White (actress and comedienne)
 * 1927 - Eartha Kitt (actress and singer)
 * 1931 - James Earl Jones (actor)
 * 1933 - Shari Lewis (ventriloquist, puppeteer and children's television show host)
 * 1962 - Jim Carrey (actor)
 * 1980 - Zooey Deschanel (actress, musician, and singer-songwriter)
 * 1983 - Rickey D'Shon Collins (voice actor)
 * 1992 - Nate Hartley (actor)

Deaths

 * 1964 - T. H. White (author)
 * 1983 - John W. Dunn (screenwriter and animator); Doodles Weaver (actor and comedian)
 * 2002 - Queenie Leonard (actress and singer)
 * 2012 - Daisuke Gōri (Japanese voice actor)