April 1

Shorts

 * 1924 - Alice's Spooky Adventure
 * 1938 - Moth and Flame

Television

 * 1973 - The Wonderful World of Disney episode "Call It Courage" airs on NBC.
 * 1998 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Love Is All You Need/It's A Mystery To Me" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
 * 2005 - The Kim Possible premiere on the Disney Channel with the episode "Dimension Twist", and the American Dragon: Jake Long premiere on the Disney Channel with the episode "Dragon Summit".
 * 2012 - The Once Upon a Time episode "The Stable Boy" premieres on ABC.

Theme park happenings

 * 1995 - Disney's Blizzard Beach, the third water park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, opens to the public.
 * 2012 - Disneyland Paris' 20th anniversary celebrations begins.

Books

 * 1991 - Alice in Wonderland
 * 1994 - The Classic Storybook adaptation of Winnie the Pooh is released.
 * 2012 - The books Mickey Mouse: The Magical Story, Pinocchio: The Magical Story, The Jungle Book: The Magical Story, The Lady and the Tramp: The Magical Story, and Bambi: The Magical Story are released.

VHS & DVD releases

 * 2003 - Disney Sing Along Songs: Circle of Life
 * 2014 - The Pirate Fairy

Births

 * 1885 - Wallace Beery (actor)
 * 1923 - Leora Dana (actress)
 * 1932 - Debbie Reynolds (actress, singer, and dancer)
 * 1957 - Andreas Deja (animator)
 * 1961 - Kujira (Japanese-dub voice actress)
 * 1976 - Troy Baker (actor, musician, and voice actor); David Oyelowo (actor and producer)
 * 1980 - Randy Orton (professional wrestler and actor)
 * 1983 - Matt Lanter (actor, former television personality, and model)
 * 1985 - Josh Zuckerman (actor)

Deaths

 * 1979 - Barbara Luddy (actress)
 * 1988 - Jim Jordan (actor)
 * 2010 - John Forsythe (actor)