September 17

Shorts

 * 1932 - The Whoopee Party
 * 2002 - Mike's New Car is released with the Monsters, Inc. DVD

Television
Also, the Disney Channel Premiere Film, Airborne, premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 1961 - Walt Disney Presents airs for the last time on ABC.
 * 1988 - The Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "Music Hath Charms/Dress for Success" premieres on NBC.
 * 1990 - The TaleSpin episode "Molly Coddled" premieres in syndication.
 * 1991 - Home Improvement premieres on ABC (Touchstone Television), and the Darkwing Duck episode "Comic Book Capers" premieres in syndication.
 * 1992 - The Goof Troop episode "Slightly Dinghy" premieres in syndication.
 * 1993 - The Bonkers episode "The Cheap Sheep Sweep" premieres in syndication, and the Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Earth's Crust" premieres in syndication.
 * 1994 - The Little Mermaid episode "Scuttle", and the Aladdin episode "Raiders of the Lost Shark" premiere on CBS. This is the first Aladdin episode to premiere on the network. The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Bones and Muscles" premieres in syndication.
 * 1995 - The Brotherly Love episode "Such A Bargain" premieres on NBC.
 * 1996 - The Timon and Pumbaa episode "Klondike Con/Isle Find Out" premieres in syndication.
 * 1997 - The 101 Dalmatians: The Series episode "Oozy Does It/Barnboozled" premieres in syndication.
 * 2000 - The Even Stevens episode "After Hours" premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2002 - 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter premieres on ABC (Touchstone Television), and the Bear in the Big Blue House episode "First Day at Mouse School" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
 * 2012 - The Disney XD series Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja debuts with the episodes "Last Stall on the Left" and "Got Stank?"

DVD & VHS Releases

 * 2002 - Monsters, Inc.

Music

 * 2002 - Disneymania

Births

 * 1928 - Roddy McDowall (actor)
 * 1939 - Shelby Flint (singer)
 * 1947 - Craig Richard Nelson (actor)
 * 1996 - Ella Purnell (English teen actress and model)
 * 2008 - Mia Talerico (actress)

Deaths

 * 1994 - Iris Adrian (actress)