Pluto debuts in The Chain Gang.
Mickey sings "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo"
The Mickey Mouse newspaper comic strip debuts.
Theatrical releases
Shorts
- January 16 - Summer
- February 15 - Autumn
- March 13 - Cannibal Capers
- March 21 - Just Mickey
- April 5 - The Barnyard Concert
- April 28 - Night
- May 8 - Frolicking Fish
- May 15 - The Cactus Kid
- June 5 - Arctic Antics
- June 25 - The Fire Fighters
- July 29 - The Shindig
- August 16 - Midnight in a Toyshop
- September 5 - The Chain Gang
- September 26 - Monkey Melodies
- October 10 - The Gorilla Mystery
- October 23 - The Picnic
- October 30 - Winter
- December 5 - Pioneer Days
- December 27 - Playful Pan
- Minnie's Yoo Hoo
Events
- January 11 - The first Mickey Mouse fan club established
People
Births
- January 3 - Robert Loggia (voice actor)
- January 10 - Roy E. Disney (Disney executive)
- January 11 - Rod Taylor (actor)
- January 13 - Chris Wiggins (voice actor)
- January 30 - Gene Hackman (actor and novelist)
- February 3 - Joan Rice (factress)
- February 13 - Frank Buxton (actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer, and director)
- February 22 - Marni Nixon (singer)
- March 21 - James Coco (actor)
- March 22 - Stephen Sondheim (composer and lyricist)
- March 30 - John Astin (actor)
- April 2 - Roddy Maude-Roxby (actor)
- April 5 - Mary Costa (singer and actress)
- April 18 - Clive Revill (actor and voice actor)
- April 23 - Alan Oppenheimer (voice actor)
- May 31 - Clint Eastwood (actor, director, producer, composer, and politician)
- June 12 - Jim Nabors (actor and singer)
- July 6 - Donald McKayle (choreographer)
- July 19 - Rhoda Williams (voice actress)
- August 16 - Frank Gifford (football player and television sportscaster)
- August 25 - Sean Connery (actor)
- September 23 - Ray Charles (musician)
- October 24 - Jack Angel (voice actor)
- November 7 - Osamu Saka (voice actor)
- November 14 - Michael Robbins (comedian and actor)
Deaths
- March 8 - William Howard Taft (President and Chief Justice of the United States)
- May 10 - Edward Stratemeyer (publisher and author)
- July 7 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (physician and author)
Comics
- Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, and Pete make their first print appearances in the Mickey Mouse comic strip.
Merchandise
- Charlotte Clark makes the first Mickey Mouse dolls.
Character debuts
- April 1 - Sylvester Shyster
- April 2 - Clarabelle Cow
- April 5 - Mortimer Mouse (Minnie's Uncle)
- September 5 - Pluto
- October 8 - Mr. Slicker
- October 25 - Marcus Mouse (Minnie's father)
- November 26 - Butch (Mickey's friend)
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