April 2

Events

 * 1934 - Ward Kimball begins working at the Disney Studio as an apprentice.

Shorts

 * 1928 - Sagebrush Sadie
 * 1943 - Private Pluto
 * 1946 - Planning for Good Eating

Films

 * 1982 - Fantasia (Re-release)
 * 1993 - The Adventures of Huck Finn
 * 2004 - Home on the Range

Television

 * 1989 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Kiwi's Big Adventure" premieres on The Disney Channel.
 * 1999 - The Timon and Pumbaa episode "All Pets are Off" and "Boary Glory Days" premieres on Toon Disney.
 * 2000 - The PB&J Otter episode "This Little Light of Mine" and "Look Ma, No Hands" premieres on Playhouse Disney, and Recess premieres in Japan on Disney Channel.
 * 2004 - The Kim Possible episode "Oh Boyz" premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2005 - The W.I.T.C.H. episode "The Stone of Threbe" premieres.
 * 2008 - Disney Channel begins broadcasting in high definition.
 * 2012 - The Zeke and Luther series finale "There's No Business Like Bro Business", the Pair of Kings episode "Make Dirt, Not War", the season two premiere of Kickin' It, "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Rudy", premiere on Disney XD, and the Doc McStuffins episodes "A Good Case of the Hiccups/Stuck Up" premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2014 - Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers premieres in Japan

Theme Parks

 * 2001 - Spectromagic returns to the Magic Kingdom.
 * 2007 - Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor opens at the Magic Kingdom.
 * 2016 - Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show will have it's final performances at Disney's Hollywood Studios and a majority of the Streets of America area will be removed to make way for Star Wars Land and Toy Story Land. Dream Along with Mickey will also have it's final performances to make way Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire that summer. Super Hero HQ will also close at Disneyland. Spider-Man, and Captain America will then be relocated to Disney California Adventure.

VHS & DVD releases

 * 2002 - Three Men and a Little Lady

Births

 * 1805 - Hans Christian Andersen (author)
 * 1898 - Earl Duvall (artist and animator)
 * 1908 - Buddy Ebsen (actor)
 * 1911 - Bill Days (actor)
 * 1914 - Alec Guinness (actor)
 * 1925 - H.B. Haggerty (actor and professional wrestler)
 * 1927 - Ken Sansom (actor and voice actor)
 * 1930 - Roddy Maude-Roxby (actor)
 * 1945 - Linda Hunt (actress)
 * 1961 - Christopher Meloni (actor)
 * 1962 - Clark Gregg (actor, screenwriter, and director); Michael Rooney (choreographer)
 * 1973 - Roselyn Sánchez (singer-songwriter, actress, producer, and writer)
 * 1976 - Aaron Lohr (actor and singer)
 * 1983 - Yū Hayashi (voice actor)

Deaths

 * 1987 - Buddy Rich (musician)
 * 2011 - Collin Campbell (artist and Imagineer)
 * 2013 - Jane Henson (puppeteer)