April 1

Shorts

• 1924 - Alice's Spooky Adventure
• 1938 - Moth and Flame

Television

• 1973 - The Wonderful World of Disney episode "Call It Courage" airs on NBC.
• 1998 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Love Is All You Need/It's A Mystery To Me" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2005
  • Kim Possible premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Dimension Twist"
  • American Dragon: Jake Long premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Dragon Summit".
• 2012 - The Once Upon a Time episode "The Stable Boy" premieres on ABC.

2016

• BUNK'D premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "For Love and Money".
• Doc McStuffins premieres on Disney Junior with the episodes "Baby Names" and "Night Night, Lala".
• 2019 - 101 Dalmatian Street premieres on Disney Channel, Disney XD, and Disney Junior with the episodes "Dog's Best Friend" and "Boom Night".

Theme park happenings

• 1995 - Disney's Blizzard Beach, the third water park at the Walt Disney World in Florida, opens to the public.
• 2012 - Disneyland Paris' 20th anniversary celebrations begins.
• 2019 - Armageddon - Les Effets Speciaux will close at Walt Disney Studios Park.

Books

• 1991 - Alice in Wonderland
• 1994 - The Classic Storybook adaptation of Winnie the Pooh is released.
• 2004 - The Dragon Hunter
• 2012 - The books Mickey Mouse: The Magical Story, Pinocchio: The Magical Story, The Jungle Book: The Magical Story, The Lady and the Tramp: The Magical Story, and Bambi: The Magical Story are released.

VHS & DVD releases

• 2003
  • Disney Sing Along Songs: Circle of Life
  • Sing a Song with Pooh Bear (and Piglet Too)
• 2014 - The Pirate Fairy

DVD & Blu-ray releases

• 2014 - The Pirate Fairy

People

Births

• 1923 - Leora Dana (actress)
• 1932 - Debbie Reynolds (actress, singer, dancer, and businesswoman)
• 1953 - Barry Sonnenfeld (director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer)
• 1957
  • Andreas Deja (animator)
  • Denise Nickerson (actress)
• 1961 - Kujira (voice actress)
• 1968 - Christine Lawrence Finney (animator)
• 1976
  • Troy Baker (voice actor and musician)
  • David Oyelowo (actor and producer)
• 1982
  • Taran Killam (actor, comedian, and writer)
  • Sam Huntington (actor and comedian)
• 1983 - Matt Lanter (actor, voice artist, former reality TV personality, and model)
• 1985 - Josh Zuckerman (actor)

Deaths

• 2010 - John Forsythe (stage, film, and television actor)