1966

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• February 4 - The Ugly Dachshund
• March 25 - Bambi (re-release; this would be the last ever re-release of a film in Walt Disney's lifetime)
• June 1 - Mary Poppins (re-release)
• July 29 - Lt. Robin Crusoe USN
• October 1 - The Fighting Prince of Donegal
• December 1 - Follow Me, Boys! (the last film to be released during Walt Disney's lifetime)
• The Adventures of Donald Duck

Shorts

• February 4 - Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
• May 5 - Donald's Fire Survival Plan
• Ferdinand the Bull (re-issue)

Character debuts

• February 4 - Mark Garrison, Fran Garrison, The Dachsies, Dr. Pruitt, Brutus, Officer/Sgt. Carmody, Mel Chadwick, Mr. Toyama, Kenji, Judge, Milkman, Eddie, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Christopher Robin, Owl, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Rabbit, Gopher, The Bees

​Theme parks

• May 28 - "It's a small world" opens 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

• ? - Mark McCorkle (screenwriter, television writer, and television producer)
• ? - Grant Bardsley (actor)
• January 13 - Patrick Dempsey (actor)
• February 11 - Jennifer L. Hughes (voice actress)
• February 13 - Neal McDonough (actor and voice actor)
• February 20 - Cindy Crawford (actress and model)
• February 22 - Rachel Dratch (actress, comedian, producer, and writer)
• February 24 - Billy Zane (actor, voice actor, and producer)
• February 25 - Alexis Denisof (actor)
• February 27 - Donal Logue (actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer)
• 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)
• May 1 - Charlie Schlatter (actor, voice actor, and writer)
• May 12 - Stephen Baldwin (actor and producer)
• May 21 - Lisa Edelstein (actress)
• May 25 - Rick Logan (actor, voice actor, and signer)
• May 26 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
• 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 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 29 - Richard Steven Horvitz (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
• August 10 - André Sogliuzzo (voice actor)
• 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, comedian, and screenwriter)
• 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)
• November 2 - David Schwimmer (actor, comedian, producer, and director)
• November 6 - Peter DeLuise (actor, director, producer, and screenwriter)
• November 8 - Gordon Ramsay (chef, restauranter, and television personality)
• November 17 - Thomas McHugh (actor and voice actor)
• November 19 - Jason Scott Lee (actor, voice actor, and martial artist)
• November 23 - Jerome Ranft (sculptor and voice actor)
• November 26 - Kristin Bauer van Straten (actress)
• November 28 - Martin Sherman (actor, voice actor, voice director, and writer)
• December 3 - Adam Berry (composer and songwriter)
• December 21 - Kiefer Sutherland (actor, voice actor, producer, and director)

Deaths

• June 19 - Ed Wynn (actor and comedian)
• July 3 - Deems Taylor (composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music)
• July 28 - Judd Conlon (musical arranger)
• December 14 - Verna Felton (actress)
• December 15 - Walt Disney (founder of Walt Disney Productions, Disneyland, and Walt Disney World, co-creator and original voice of Mickey Mouse)