The poster for Clock Cleaners.
Donna Duck, the prototype for Daisy Duck, in Don Donald.
Donald meets his nephews for the first time.
Production
- February - A story meeting for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is held to discuss how the film can be finished on time.
- February 25 - The final design for the Queen's Witch form, by Joe Grant, is approved for animation in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- June - The final design for the Prince is approved for animation in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- July 7
- Staff at the studio watch the "work in progress" Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, not yet complete, in order to give feedback on the film.
- William Garity films activities in the studio as publicity for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to be used by RKO.
- September - Walt shows a "work in progress" Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for banker Joe Rosenberg to receive some much needed funds to complete the film.
- December 20 - Cecil B. DeMille interviews Walt Disney on the Lux Radio Theatre.
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- December 21 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.
Shorts
- January 2 - The Worm Turns
- January 9 - Don Donald
- February 6 - Magician Mickey
- February 20 - Moose Hunters
- March 13 - Woodland Café
- April 17 - Mickey's Amateurs
- May 15 - Little Hiawatha
- May 29 - Modern Inventions
- September 24 - Hawaiian Holiday
- October 15 - Clock Cleaners
- November 5 - The Old Mill
- November 26 - Pluto's Quin-puplets
- December 10 - Donald's Ostrich
- December 24 - Lonesome Ghosts
People
Births
- January 4 - Dyan Cannon (actress, director, screenwriter, editor and producer)
- January 8 - Shirley Bassey (singer)
- January 15 - Margaret O'Brien (film, television and stage actress)
- January 30 - Vanessa Redgrave (actress and political activist)
- January 31 - Suzanne Pleshette (actress)
- February 8 - Joe Raposo (composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist)
- March 3 - Bobby Driscoll (actor)
- March 20 - Jerry Reed (musician, songwriter, actor)
- March 30 - Warren Beatty (actor, producer, screenwriter and director)
- April 6 - Billy Dee Williams (actor)
- April 20 - George Takei (actor)
- April 22 - Jack Nicholson (actor, director, producer and screenwriter)
- May 2 - Lorenzo Music (actor, voice actor and musician)
- May 11 - Takashi Inagaki (actor and voice actor)
- May 12 - George Carlin (stand-up comedian, actor, writer, author)
- May 22 - Lawrence Gabriel, Jr. (actor, drama teacher and occasional producer)
- June 1 - Morgan Freeman (actor)
- June 11 - Johnny Brown (actor and singer)
- June 28 - Tom Magliozzi (radio show host, mechanic)
- July 2 - Richard Petty (former NASCAR driver)
- July 6 - Ned Beatty (actor)
- July 6 - Mary Macleod (actress and voice actress)
- July 12 - Bill Cosby (stand-up comedian, actor, author and singer-songwriter)
- July 25 - Paul Collins (actor and voice actor)
- August 6 - Barbara Windsor (English actress)
- August 8 - Dustin Hoffman (actor)
- September 6 - Jo Anne Worley (actress)
- September 10 - Brian Murray (actor and theatre director)
- September 13 - Don Bluth (director and animator)
- September 28 - Rod Roddy (radio and television announcer)
- October 15 - Linda Lavin (singer and actress)
- November 4 - Loretta Swit (actress)
- December 8 - James MacArthur (actor)
- December 31 - Anthony Hopkins (actor and composer)
Deaths
Events
- December 27 - Walt Disney appears on the cover of TIME Magazine.
Character debuts
- January 9 - Donna Duck
- October 17 - Huey, Dewey, and Louie
- December 21 - Queen Grimhilde, Magic Mirror, Snow White, The Prince, Humbert the Huntsman, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy, Doc, Dopey
- December 24 - The Lonesome Ghosts
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