1991

Feature films

 * January 18 - White Fang
 * February 1 - Run (Hollywood Pictures)
 * March 1 - Shipwrecked
 * April 5 - The Marrying Man (Hollywood Pictures)
 * April 26 - Oscar (Touchstone Pictures)
 * May 3 - One Good Cop (Hollywood Pictures)
 * May 17 - What About Bob? (Touchstone Pictures)
 * May 24 - Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
 * June 21 - The Rocketeer
 * July 12 - One Hundred and One Dalmatians (final re-issue)
 * October 11 - Ernest Scared Stupid (Touchstone Pictures)
 * November 22 - Beauty and the Beast is a huge financial success and is released to critical acclaim.
 * December 20 - Father of the Bride (Touchstone Pictures)

Television

 * February 22 - Adventures of the Gummi Bears airs its final episode.
 * March 31 - Darkwing Duck premieres on the Disney Channel. It would begin running in syndication and on ABC on September 7.
 * April 26 - Dinosaurs, a co-production between Walt Disney Television and Jim Henson Productions, premieres on ABC.
 * August 8 - TaleSpin airs its final episode.
 * December 14 - Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too premieres on ABC.

Video games

 * Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse for Sega Genesis
 * Mickey's Runaway Zoo for Commodore 64
 * TaleSpin for NES
 * Fantasia for Sega Genesis
 * The Little Mermaid for NES
 * The Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck for Game Gear
 * May - Mickey's Dangerous Chase for Game Boy
 * December 19 - Quackshot for Sega Genesis

Theme park happenings

 * The Walt Disney World Resort celebrates its 20th anniversary.
 * March 15 - Disney Afternoon Avenue opens at Disneyland.
 * May 16 - Muppet*Vision 3D opens at the Disney-MGM Studios.

Albums

 * October 1 - Simply Mad About the Mouse

Comics

 * April - Disney Comics adds a regular TaleSpin title to their line-up.
 * August - Goofy Adventures is canceled
 * September - DuckTales, Mickey Mouse Adventures, and Roger Rabbit are cancelled
 * October - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Roger Rabbit's Toontown, and TaleSpin are canceled

Books

 * TaleSpin: Ghost Ship

VHS releases

 * February 6 - Taking Care of Business (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
 * March 6 - Arachnophobia (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
 * March 15 - DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
 * May 3 - The Jungle Book
 * May 8 -
 * Three Men and a Little Lady (Touchstone Home Video)
 * Mr. Destiny (Touchstone Home Video)
 * June 7 -
 * Peter and the Wolf
 * Willie the Operatic Whale
 * The Prince and the Pauper
 * June 12 -
 * Green Card (Touchstone Home Video)
 * White Fang
 * June 28 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - Volume 6: All's Well That Ends Well and Volume 7: King of the Beasties
 * July 12 -
 * Bedknobs and Broomsticks (re-issue)
 * Mary Poppins (re-issue)
 * Pete's Dragon (re-issue)
 * Robin Hood (re-issue)
 * Dumbo (re-issue)
 * Alice in Wonderland (re-issue)
 * The Sword in the Stone (re-issue)
 * July 17 -
 * Shipwrecked
 * Run (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
 * July 19 - The Brave Little Toaster
 * August 9 - TaleSpin (4 VHS)
 * August 14 - Scenes from a Mall (Touchstone Home Video)
 * September 11 -
 * Oscar (Touchstone Home Video)
 * 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
 * Candleshoe
 * The Love Bug
 * The Apple Dumpling Gang
 * The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
 * Freaky Friday
 * Kidnapped
 * In Search of the Castaways
 * Treasure Island
 * Old Yeller
 * The Three Lives of Thomasina
 * The Parent Trap
 * September 20 - The Rescuers Down Under
 * October 2 - The Marrying Man (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
 * October 10 - One Good Cop (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
 * November 1 - Fantasia
 * November 6 - What About Bob? (Touchstone Home Video)
 * November 13 - V.I. Warshawski (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)

Direct-to-video releases

 * September 27 - Simply Mad About The Mouse 
 * The Magic of Christmas at Walt Disney World
 * A Day at Disneyland

Business

 * December 18 - Disney buys the distribution rights to the Jim Henson Company library.

Births

 * January 18 - Britt McKillip (actress and musician)
 * January 28 - Calum Worthy (actor and musician)
 * February 10 - Emma Roberts (actress, model and singer)
 * February 17 - Bonnie Wright (actress, fashion model, screenwriter, director and producer)
 * February 28 - Sarah Bolger (actress)
 * March 19 - Garrett Clayton (actor)
 * March 28 - Amy Bruckner (actress and singer)
 * April 3 - Hayley Kiyoko (actress and singer)
 * April 10 - Amanda Michalka (actress and singer)
 * May 15 - Mollee Gray (actress and singer)
 * May 19 - Jordan Pruitt (singer)
 * June 18 - Willa Holland (actress and model)
 * June 29 - Tajja Isen (Canadian actress and singer-songwriter)
 * July 5 - Jason Dolley (actor)
 * July 9 - Mitchell Musso (actor)
 * July 15 - Emily Roeske (actress
 * August 6 - Kacey Rohl (actress)
 * August 13 - Nikita Hopkins (actor)
 * August 16 - Yūki Tokiwa (Japanese voice actor) and G.E.M. (Hong Kong-based singer-songwriter, music producer, actress)
 * August 17 - Austin Butler (actor, singer and model)
 * August 27 - Kasha Kropinski (actress)
 * August 28 - Kyle Massey (actor and singer)
 * September 7 - Jennifer Veal (actress)
 * September 9 - Kelsey Chow (actress)
 * September 20 - Spencer Locke (actress)
 * October 6 - Roshon Fegan (actor, singer and dancer)
 * November 18 - Rory Thost (actor and voice actor)
 * November 30 - Sydney White (actress)
 * December 26 - Eden Sher (actress)

Deaths

 * January 2 - John Raring (singer, musician and choral arranger)
 * January 30 - John McIntire (character actor)
 * February 1 - Jimmy MacDonald (voice and sound effects artist)
 * February 3 - Nancy Kulp (actress)
 * March 14 - Howard Ashman (lyricist)
 * April 28 - Ken Curtis (singer and actor)
 * May 6 - Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor)
 * September 4 - Tom Tryon (film and television actor)
 * September 24 - Dr. Seuss (writer, poet and cartoonist)
 * September 27 - Floyd Huddleston (composer)
 * September 29 - Ronald Lacey (actor)
 * November 5 - Fred MacMurray (actor)
 * November 25 - Eleanor Audley (actress)
 * December 21 - Leota Toombs (artist and Imagineer)
 * December 29 - Tony Strobl (comics artist and animator)

Character debuts

 * March 31 - Taurus Bulba, Hammerhead Hannigan, Hoof and Mouth
 * September 7 - Honker Muddlefoot, Moliarty
 * September 9 - Bushroot
 * September 13 - Ammonia Pine
 * September 14 - Megavolt
 * September 26 - Jambalaya Jake
 * September 28 - Morgana Macawber
 * October 1 - Quackerjack
 * October 2 - Negaduck
 * November 22 - Belle, Beast, Gaston, Lumière, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip Potts, LeFou, the Bimbettes, Maurice, Monsieur D'Aquire, Wardrobe, Sultan, Palanquin, Fifi