October 22

Theme Parks

 * 1982 - Day One of the formal grand opening of Epcot begins.
 * 1997 - Walt Disney World announces their plans to close Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

Television

 * 1961 - The Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episode "The Hunting Instinct" premieres on NBC.
 * 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Earth Quacks" premieres in syndication.
 * 1990 - The TaleSpin episode "Whistlestop Jackson, Legend" premieres in syndication.
 * 1992 - The Goof Troop episode "All the Goof That's Fit to Print" premieres in syndication.
 * 1994 - The Little Mermaid episode "The Beast Within" and the Aladdin episode "The Spice is Right" premiere on CBS.
 * 1996 - The Quack Pack episode "Snow Place to Hide" premieres in syndication.
 * 1997 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Mouse Party" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
 * 2000 - The Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Stress Test" premieres on UPN and in syndication.
 * 2002 - The Rolie Polie Olie episode "Making the Best of It/Superest Bot of Them All/Oh Olie, Olie it's a Wired World" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
 * 2004 - The Kim Possible episode "Bonding" premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2005 - The American Dragon: Jake Long episode "The Halloween Bash" and The Buzz on Maggie episode "The Big Score/Scare Wars" premiere on Disney Channel.
 * 2010 - The Suite Life on Deck episode "Senior Ditch Day" and the Fish Hooks episode "Doggonit" premiere on Disney Channel.
 * 2012 - The Kickin' It episode "Sole Brothers", the Lab Rats episode "Mission Invisible", the Pair of Kings episode "Inconvenient Tooth", and the Crash & Bernstein episode "Coach Crash" premiere on Disney XD.

Soundtracks

 * 1990 - Fantasia

Births

 * 1942 - Annette Funicello - Actress/singer