1993

Events

 * Disney purchases Miramax Films.
 * After 6 years, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too was the last video in the Walt Disney Mini-Classics VHS series.
 * ABC Capital Cities purchases DiC Entertainment.
 * Buena Vista begins their distribution label, Jim Henson Video.
 * November 19 - The Black Friday reel of Toy Story was shown to Disney Executives, resulting in the film nearly being cancelled.

Feature Films

 * February 3 - Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
 * March 12 - A Far Off Place
 * April 2 - The Adventures of Huck Finn
 * July 16 - Hocus Pocus
 * October 1 - Cool Runnings
 * October 29 - The Nightmare Before Christmas was released to very positive reviews.
 * November 12 - The Three Musketeers

Television

 * February - Bonkers premieres on the Disney Channel and begins airing in syndication on The Disney Afternoon in September.
 * May - The 90's sitcom "Full House" takes place at The Walt Disney World Resort.
 * September - Marsupilami premieres on CBS.
 * The Live action Disney movie "Heidi 1993" premeries on The Disney Channel.

Comics

 * June - Disney Comics shuts down, and the Disney comic license (particularly for the classic characters) is given back to Gladstone Publishing.

Video games

 * TaleSpin for Game Gear
 * March - DuckTales 2 for NES
 * August - Goof Troop for Super NES
 * November - Aladdin for Super NES
 * November 11 - Aladdin for Sega Genesis

Theme parks

 * January 24 - Mickey's Toontown opens at Disneyland
 * July 30 - Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril opens at Disneyland Paris

Births

 * January 9 - Ashley Argota (Filipino-American actress, singer, and student)
 * February 12 - Jennifer Stone (actress)
 * February 19 - Victoria Justice (actress, singer-songwriter, dancer, voice artist)
 * March 10 - Ruby Chase O'Neil (actress, singer and dancer)
 * March 21 - Suraj Sharma (actor, student)
 * May 10 - Spencer Fox (voice actor)
 * May 13 - Debby Ryan (actress and singer)
 * May 14 - Miranda Cosgrove (actress, singer-songwriter, voice artist)
 * June 14 - Ryan McCartan (actor)
 * June 7 - Jordan Fry (voice actor)
 * June 22 - Kortnee Simmons (actor)
 * July 1 - Raini Rodriguez (actress and singer)
 * July 30 - Katie Cecil (television actress and former KSM band member)
 * August 11 - Alyson Stoner (voice actress and singer)
 * August 18 - Maia Mitchell (actress)
 * August 26 - Keke Palmer (actress and singer)
 * October 8 - Angus T. Jones (actor)
 * November 29 - David Lambert (actor)
 * December 8 - AnnaSophia Robb (actor and singer)
 * December 17 - Kiersey Clemons (actress and singer)

Deaths

 * January 6 - Dizzy Gillespie (musician)
 * January 6 - Rudolf Nureyev (dancer and actor)
 * January 13 - Ken Anderson (animator)
 * February 16 - Sharon Mae Disney
 * February 25 - Eren Ozker (puppeteer)
 * March 17 - Helen Hayes (actress)
 * March 31 - Manuel Gonzales (comics artist)
 * July 4 - Anne Shirley (actress)
 * July 11 - Mary Moder (voice actress)
 * July 26 - Marcellite Garner (artist and voice actress)
 * September 30 - Carlo Vinci (animator)
 * October 12 - Leon Ames (film and television actor)
 * October 25 - Vincent Price (actor)
 * November 15 - Evelyn Venable (actress)
 * November 18 - Fritz Feld (actor)
 * November 21 - Bill Bixby (television and film actor and producer)
 * December 30 - Mack David (lyricist and songwriter)

VHS releases

 * January 6 - Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
 * January 29 - The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper
 * March 26 - Pinocchio (re-issue)
 * April 14 - The Mighty Ducks
 * April 30 - Disney's Sing-Along Songs (3 VHS, 2 are reissues)
 * May 7 - Darkwing Duck (4 VHS); Goof Troop (3 VHS); The Little Mermaid (3 VHS) 
 * August 13 - Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
 * October 1 - Aladdin
 * November 5 - The Muppet Christmas Carol
 * December 17 - Disney's Sing-Along Songs (2 VHS)
 * December 21 - Disney's Favorite Stories (4 VHS), Disney Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas

Character debuts

 * February 28 - Miranda Wright
 * September 4 - Lucky Piquel, Fall-Apart Rabbit, Toots the Horn, Broderick the Radio, The Collector