August 17

Film

 * 2001 - Recess: School's Out is released in Poland and Spain.

Theme Parks

 * 1998 - Captain EO closes at Disneyland Paris.

Television

 * 1990 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film, The Little Kidnappers, premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2001 - The Disney Channel Original Movie, Jumping Ship , premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2007 - High School Musical 2 premieres on Disney Channel in the United States. A sneak peek at the new Phineas and Ferb series is also shown after the movie with the episode, Rollercoaster.
 * 2012 - The Gravity Falls episode Irrational Treasure premiers on Disney Channel

Births

 * 1882 - Charles Judels (actor)
 * 1951 - Richard Hunt (puppeteer)
 * 1959 - Chika Sakamoto (Japanese-dub voice actress)
 * 1961 - Takashi Aoyagi (Japanese-dub scholar and Japanese voice of Mickey Mouse)
 * 1991 - Austin Butler (actor, singer and model)

VHS & DVD releases

 * 1999 - Belle's Tales of Friendship
 * 2004 - Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers