February 8

Shorts

 * 1952 - Lambert the Sheepish Lion

Films

 * 1968 - Blackbeard's Ghost
 * 1980 - Midnight Madness

Theme Parks

 * 2001 - Disney's California Adventure opens at Disneyland Resort

Television

 * 1995 - The Aladdin episode "Vocal Hero" premieres in syndication.
 * 2000 - The Pepper Ann episode "Pepper Shaker/Flaw and Order" premieres on UPN.
 * 2008 - The Phineas and Ferb episode "The Magnificent Few" premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2009 - Sonny with a Chance premieres on Disney Channel.

Births

 * 1886 - Charles Ruggles (actor)
 * 1932 - John Williams (composer)
 * 1937 - Joe Raposo (composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist)
 * 1950 - Ron Husband (animator)
 * 1952 - Daisuke Gōri (japanese voice actor, narrator and actor)
 * 1972 - Paul Wight (professional wrestler)
 * 1974 - Seth Green (actor, comedian, voice actor, television producer and screenwriter); Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (musician)
 * 1979 - Josh Keaton (actor, voice actor, singer, music producer)

Deaths

 * 1957 - Ernest Jay (actor)
 * 1985 - Marvin Miller (actor and voice actor)
 * 1997 - Robert Ridgely (actor and vocal artist)
 * 2012 - Laurie Main (actor)