1930

Shorts

 * January 16 - Summer
 * February 15 - Autumn
 * March 13 - Cannibal Capers
 * March 21 - Just Mickey
 * April 5 - The Barnyard Concert
 * April 28 - Night
 * May 8 - Frolicking Fish
 * May 15 - The Cactus Kid
 * June 5 - Arctic Antics
 * June 25 - The Fire Fighters
 * July 29 - The Shindig
 * August 16 - Midnight in a Toyshop
 * September 5 - The Chain Gang
 * September 26 - Monkey Melodies
 * October 10 - The Gorilla Mystery
 * October 23 - The Picnic
 * October 30 - Winter
 * December 5 - Pioneer Days
 * December 27 - Playful Pan
 * Minnie's Yoo Hoo

Events

 * January 11 - The first Mickey Mouse fan club established

Births

 * January 3 - Robert Loggia (voice actor)
 * January 10 - Roy E. Disney (Disney executive)
 * January 11 - Rod Taylor (actor)
 * February 3 - Joan Rice (film actress)
 * February 22 - Marni Nixon (singer)
 * March 21 - James Coco (actor)
 * March 30 - John Astin (actor)
 * April 2 - Roddy Maude-Roxby (actor)
 * April 5 - Mary Costa (singer and actress)
 * April 18 - Clive Revill (character actor)
 * April 23 - Alan Oppenheimer (voice actor)
 * May 31 - Clint Eastwood (actor, director, producer, composer and politician)
 * June 12 - Jim Nabors (actor and singer)
 * July 19 - Rhoda Williams (voice actress)
 * August 25 - Sean Connery (actor)
 * September 23 - Ray Charles (musician)
 * October 24 - Jack Angel (voice actor)
 * November 7 - Osamu Saka (Japanese voice actor)
 * November 14 - Michael Robbins (comedy actor)

Deaths

 * March 8 - William Howard Taft (President and Chief Justice of the United States)
 * May 10 - Edward Stratemeyer (publisher and writer)
 * July 7 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (physician and writer)

Comics

 * Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, and Pete make their first print appearances in the Mickey Mouse comic strip.

Merchandise

 * Charlotte Clark makes the first Mickey Mouse dolls.

Character debuts

 * April 1 - Sylvester Shyster
 * April 5 - Mortimer Mouse (Minnie's Uncle)
 * September 5 - Pluto
 * October 8 - Mr. Slicker
 * October 25 - Marcus Mouse (Minnie's father)
 * November 26 - Butch (Mickey's friend)