April 23

Shorts

 * 1943 - Fall Out-Fall In

Television

 * 1989 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Risky Beesness" premieres.
 * 1990 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "The Pied Piper Power Play" premieres.
 * 1999 - The Timon & Pumbaa episodes "Jungle Slickers" and "Don't Wake the Neighbear" premieres.
 * 2004 - The Kim Possible episodes "Sick Day" and "The Truth Hurts" premieres on Disney Channel.

Theme Park Happenings

 * 2011 - A Table is Waiting opens at Tokyo DisneySea.

Births

 * 1857 - Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
 * 1887 - Belle Montrose (actress)
 * 1907 - James Hayter (actor)
 * 1928 - Shirley Temple (actress, singer, and dancer)
 * 1930 - Alan Oppenheimer (actor and voice actor)
 * 1957 - Jan Hooks (actress)
 * 1961 - George Lopez (actor, comedian, and talk show host)
 * 1999 - Sumire Morohoshi (actress)

Deaths

 * 1616 - William Shakespeare (poet and playwright)
 * 1996 - P.L. Travers (author)
 * 2005 - John Mills (actor); Romano Scarpa (comics writer)