August 16

Events

• 1973 - Santa Rosa Land Company, Incorporated changes its name to Walt Disney Travel Company, Incorporated.
• 1996 - Audio production for Recess begins.

Films

• 1954 - The Vanishing Prairie
• 1985 - The Black Hole (Re-release)

Television

• 1999 - The Out of the Box episode "Eye Spy" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2002 - The Even Stevens episode "The King Sloppy" and the Kim Possible episode "Royal Pain" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2008 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh premieres on Disney Channel with the series finale episode "Darby, Solo Sleuth/Doggone Buster".
• 2009 - The Sonny with a Chance episode "Sonny in the Kitchen with Dinner" and the J.O.N.A.S. episode "Frantic Romantic" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2013 - Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel aired on Disney Channel, along with the Mickey Mouse short "Bad Ear Day". A preview of Wander Over Yonder came afterward.

Theme park happenings

• 1955 - Dumbo the Flying Elephant opens in Disneyland.

VHS & DVD releases

• 2005 - Walt Disney's Timeless Tales: Volume 1, Walt Disney's Timeless Tales: Volume 2, Pom Poko, My Neighbors the Yamadas, That's So Raven: Disguise the Limit, and Phil of the Future: Gadgets and Gizmos.
• 2016 - Once Upon a Time: The Complete Fifth Season (ABC Studios)

People

Births

• 1924 - Fess Parker (actor)
• 1930
  • Robert Culp (actor and screenwriter)
  • Frank Gifford (Football Player and Television Sportscaster)
• 1939 - Carole Shelley (actress)
• 1943 - Sharon Baird (actress, dancer, and Mouseketeer)
• 1946 - Lesley Ann Warren (actress and singer)
• 1949 - Barbara Goodson (actress)
• 1952 - Reginald VelJohnson (actor and comedian)
• 1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford (television host, singer, songwriter, and actress)
• 1954 - James Cameron (director, producer, screenwriter, and editor)
• 1958
  • Angela Bassett (actress and comedienne)
  • Madonna (singer, actress, and dancer)
• 1962 - Steve Carell (actor, comedian, voice artist, producer, writer, and director)
• 1963 - Christine Cavanaugh (voice actress)
• 1969
  • Andy Milder (actor)
  • Kate Higgins (actress and voice actress)
• 1985 - Agnes Bruckner (actress)
• 1986 - Shawn Pyfrom (actor)
• 1988 - Marcella Lentz-Pope (actress)
• 1991 - Yūki Tokiwa (Japanese voice actor)
• 1993 - Cameron Monaghan (actor and model)
• 1997 - Piper Curda (actress)

Deaths

• 2005 - Joe Ranft (story artist and voice actor)
• 2008 - Lois Nettleton (actress)
• 2018 - Aretha Franklin (singer and songwriter)