The world mourns the death of Walt Disney.
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
- February 16 - 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)
- January 13 - Patrick Dempsey (actor)
- January 31 - Dexter Fletcher (actor and writer)
- February 3 - Frank Coraci (director, producer, screenwriter, and 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 12 - Stephen Baldwin (actor and producer)
- May 26 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
- June 7 - Ayumi Kida (Japanese voice actress)
- June 8 - Julianna Margulies (actress and producer)
- June 10 - Laura Silverman (actress, comedian, and voice actress)
- June 19 - Samuel West (actor and director)
- June 27 - J. J. Abrams (film and television producer, director, screenwriter, actor, and composer)
- June 30 - Wendy Davis (actress)
- July 2 - Kathryn Erbe (actress)
- July 6 - Brian Posehn (actor, writer, and comedian)
- July 9 - Pamela Adlon (voice actress)
- July 18 - Lori Alan (voice actress)
- July 29 - Richard Steven Horvitz (voice actor)
- August 10 - André Sogliuzzo (voice actor)
- September 2 - Salma Hayek (actress, producer, and director)
- September 7 - Toby Jones (English actor)
- September 9 - Adam Sandler (actor)
- September 20 - Amy Farrington (actress and model)
- September 25 - Jason Flemyng (actor)
- September 28 - Maria Canals-Barrera (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- October 6 - Jacqueline Obradors (actress)
- October 11 - Luke Perry (actor)
- October 17 - Mark Gatiss (actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
- October 19 - Jon Favreau (actor, voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian)
- October 26 - Jane Hajduk (actress and voice actress)
- 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 17 - Thomas McHugh (voice actor)
- November 19 - Jason Scott Lee (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 8 - Matt Adler (actor and voice actor)
- 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)
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