October 7

Film

 * 1971 - Bedknobs and Broomsticks premieres in London.
 * 2011 - Real Steel (Touchstone Pictures)

DVD Releases

 * 2003 - The Lion King: Special Edition
 * 2008 - Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition

Blu-ray Releases

 * 2008 - Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition
 * 2014 - Sleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition and Million Dollar Arm

Television

 * 1984 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film "Love Leads the Way" premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Dinosaur Ducks" premieres in syndication.
 * 1989 - The Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "My Kingdom for a Pie" and The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episode "Un-Valentine's Day" premiere on ABC.
 * 1991 - The Darkwing Duck episode "Aduckyphobia" premieres in syndication.
 * 1994 - The Aladdin episode "Dune Quixote" premieres in syndication.
 * 1995 - The Aladdin episode "When the City Snoozes" and the Timon and Pumbaa episode "Rocky Mountain Lie/Amazon Quiver" premiere on CBS.
 * 2000 - The Teacher's Pet episode "Being Mrs. Helperman" premieres on ABC. Also, the Even Stevens episode "Secrets and Spies " premieres on Disney Channel. Mickey Mouse Works ends its run with the episode "Bird Brained Donald/Donald's Pool/How to Be a Gentleman", premiering on ABC.
 * 2001 - The Weekenders episode "The Most Dangerous Weekend/Charity Case" premieres on ABC.
 * 2002 - The Lloyd in Space episode "That's Debatable" premieres on Toon Disney.
 * 2011 - The Phineas and Ferb episodes That's the Spirit and The Curse of Candace premiered on Disney Channel.

Theme Parks

 * 1998 - Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin opens at the Magic Kingdom.

Births

 * 1905 - Andy Devine (character actor and comic cowboy sidekick)
 * 1945 - Michael Wallis (journalist and actor)
 * 1955 - Yo-Yo Ma (cellist)
 * 1958 - Rosalyn Landor (film, television and stage actress and audio book narrator)
 * 1978 - Omar Benson Miller (actor) and Alesha Dixon (singer, dancer, rapper, model and television presenter)
 * 1980 - Adam Ryen (actor)

Deaths

 * 2008 - Peter Copley (Television, film and stage actor)