The world mourns the death of Walt Disney.
An overview of Disney-related events that occurred in 1966.
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- February 4 - The Ugly Dachshund (premiere)
- February 16 - The Ugly Dachshund
- March 25 - Bambi (re-issue; this would be the last ever re-release of a film in Walt Disney's lifetime)
- June 1 - Mary Poppins (re-issue)
- June 29 - Lt. Robin Crusoe USN (premiere)
- July 29 - Lt. Robin Crusoe USN
- August 24 - Follow Me, Boys! (premiere)
- September 28 - Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons (re-issue)
- October 1 - The Fighting Prince of Donegal
- November 18 - The Adventures of Donald Duck
- December 1 - Follow Me, Boys! (the last film to be released during Walt Disney's lifetime)
Shorts
Character debuts
- February 4 - Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Christopher Robin, Owl, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Gopher, The Bees, Mark Garrison, Fran Garrison, Dr. Pruitt, Officer/Sgt. Carmody, Mel Chadwick, Mr. Toyama, Kenji, Judge, Milkman, Eddie, Brutus, The Dachsies
- May - Emil Eagle
- December 18 - Dickie Duck
- ? - Double-O Duck and Mata Harrier
- - Doctor Proctor
- - Doctor Syclocks
- - Elephants of the Elephant Bathing Pool
Theme parks
- May 28 - "It's a small world" opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland
- June 17 - Thomas Guy Cleveland attempted to sneak into Disneyland's Grad Nite by climbing onto the monorail track; he was struck and killed by an oncoming monorail train, which literally tore his body to shreds.
People
Births
- January 13 - Patrick Dempsey (actor)
- February 3 - Frank Coraci (director, producer, and screenwriter)
- February 11 - Jennifer L. Hughes (voice actress and production assistant)
- February 13 - Neal McDonough (actor and voice actor)
- February 22 - Rachel Dratch (actress, comedian, producer, and writer)
- February 24 - Billy Zane (actor, voice actor, and producer)
- February 25 - Alexis Denisof (actor)
- March 3 - Tone Lōc (rapper and actor)
- March 5 - Aasif Mandvi (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
- March 14 - Gary Anthony Williams (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- April 8 - Robin Wright (actress and director)
- May 1 - Charlie Schlatter (actor, voice actor, and writer)
- May 12 - Stephen Baldwin (actor and producer)
- May 16 - Janet Jackson (singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer)
- May 25 - Rick Logan (actor, voice actor, and signer)
- May 26 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
- May 28 - Roger Kumble (director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright)
- June 7
- Tom McCarthy (actor, director, and screenwriter)
- Ayumi Kida (Japanese voice actress)
- June 8 - Julianna Margulies (actress, voice actress, and producer)
- June 10 - Laura Silverman (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
- June 27 - J. J. Abrams (film and television producer, director, screenwriter, actor, and composer)
- June 28 - John Cusack (actor, producer, and screenwriter)
- July 2 - Kathryn Erbe (actress)
- July 6 - Brian Posehn (actor, voice actor, musician, writer, and comedian)
- July 7 - Jim Gaffigan (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- July 9 - Pamela Adlon (actress, voice actress, screenwriter, producer, and director)
- July 11 - Greg Grunberg (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- July 18 - Lori Alan (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
- July 25 - Wataru Takagi (Japanese actor and voice actor)
- July 29 - Richard Steven Horvitz (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- August 1 - Daniel Gerson (screenwriter and voice actor)
- August 5 - James Gunn (director, producer, screenwriter, actor, author, and musician)
- August 10 - André Sogliuzzo (voice actor)
- August 14 - Halle Berry (actress, model, producer, and director)
- August 31 - Matthew O'Callaghan (animator, director, and screenwriter)
- September 2 - Salma Hayek (actress, director, and producer)
- September 7 - Toby Jones (English actor)
- September 9 - Adam Sandler (actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and producer)
- September 28 - Maria Canals-Barrera (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- October 6 - Jacqueline Obradors (actress and voice actress)
- October 9 - Tim Herlihy (screenwriter, producer, and actor)
- October 11 - Luke Perry (actor and voice actor)
- October 16 - Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (voice actress, singer-songwriter, ADR director, and ADR writer)
- October 17 - Mark Gatiss (actor, screenwriter, television producer, comedian, novelist, and director)
- October 19 - Jon Favreau (actor, voice actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter)
- October 26 - Steve Valentine (actor, voice actor, musician, and magician)
- October 28 - Andy Richter (actor, writer, comedian, and talk show host)
- November 2 - David Schwimmer (actor, comedian, producer, and director)
- November 8 - Gordon Ramsay (chef, restauranter, and television personality)
- November 19 - Jason Scott Lee (actor, voice actor, and martial artist)
- November 23
- Jerome Ranft (sculptor and voice actor)
- Michelle Gomez (actress and voice actress)
- November 26 - Kristin Bauer van Straten (actress)
- November 28 - Martin Sherman (actor, voice actor, voice director, and writer)
- December 1 - Andrew Adamson (director, producer, and screenwriter)
- December 3 - Adam Berry (composer and songwriter)
- December 9 - Toby Huss (actor)
- December 21 - Kiefer Sutherland (actor, voice actor, producer, and director)
- December 24 - Diedrich Bader (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
Deaths
- April 28 - Jesse Marsh (comics artist, writer, and animator)
- June 19
- Ed Wynn (actor and comedian)
- Pat McNalley (make-up artist)
- July 3 - Deems Taylor (composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music)
- July 23 - Donald Novis (singer and actor)
- July 28 - Judd Conlon (musical arranger)
- December 14 - Verna Felton (actress and voice actress)
- December 15 - Walt Disney (founder of Walt Disney Productions, Disneyland, and Walt Disney World, co-creator and original voice of Mickey Mouse)
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