August 12

Theatrical releases

Films

• 1958 - White Wilderness
• 1994 - In the Army (Touchstone Pictures)
• 2016 - Pete's Dragon (2016 film)

Theme park happenings

• 1994 - The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror opens at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Television

• 1995 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film, The Four Diamonds premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2005 - Lilo & Stitch: The Series and The Proud Family Crossover Episode "Spats" premieres along with a new Proud Family episode "Who You Callin' A Sissy".
• 2006 - The Hannah Montana episode "You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Zit is About You", The Emperor's New School episode "The Bride of Kuzco", and the American Dragon: Jake Long episode "Hero of the Hourglass" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2007 - Kim Possible premieres on the Disney Channel with the episode "Chasing Rufus/Nursery Crimes".
• 2011 - The Phineas and Ferb episode Tour de Ferb premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2016
  • The Sofia the First episode Beauty Is the Beast premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Doc McStuffins episodes "Night Shift" and "Check-Up Chilly" premiere on Disney Junior.
• 2017 - The First "DuckTales (2017 series)" episode "Woo-oo!" premieres on Disney XD.

VHS & DVD releases

• 2003 - The Lizzie McGuire Movie
• 2008 - Mulan / Mulan II 3-Disc Collector's Set

DVD & Blu-ray releases

• 2014 - Hercules: Special Edition (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy), Tarzan: Special Edition (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy), Bedknobs and Broomsticks: Special Edition (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: Special Edition (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad & Fun and Fancy Free 2-Movie Collection (Blu-ray + DVD), Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers: 10th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy), Muppets Most Wanted (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy), and Bears (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy)

People

Births

• 1910 - Jane Wyatt (actress)
• 1941 - Deborah Walley (actress)
• 1943 - Jeff Bleckner (director)
• 1956 - Bruce Greenwood (actor and musician)
• 1958 - Barry Cook (animator and director)
• 1971 - Yvette Nicole Brown (actress, singer, and comedian)
• 1975 - Casey Affleck (actor, director, screenwriter, and producer)
• 1980 - Maggie Lawson (actress)
• 1981 - Steve Talley (actor)
• 1988 - Leah Pipes (actress)
• 1998 - Fiona Bishop (voice actress)

Deaths

• 2018 - Miriam Nelson (dancer, choreographer, and actress)