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Events
- 1929 - Walt Disney Studio changes its name to Walt Disney Productions, Ltd. and establishes a few subsidiaries - Walt Disney Enterprises (for merchandising), Disney Film Recording Company, Ltd. (for music), and Liled Realty and Investment Company (for real estate). About eight years later, the subsidiaries would merge with the main company to form Walt Disney Productions.
Theatrical releases
Shorts
Films
- 1977 - Candleshoe
- 1978 - Pinocchio (Re-release)
- 1983 - The Rescuers (Re-release)
- 2016 - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Lucasfilm)
- 2022 - An untitled Star Wars film (Lucasfilm)
Television
- 1990 - Disney Channel Christmas premieres on Disney Channel.
- 1995 - The Timon & Pumbaa episode "Okay Bayou?/Shake Your Djibouti" premieres in syndication.
- 2000 - The Teacher's Pet episode "A Dog for All Seasons" and the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Holiday Time" premiere on ABC.
- 2006
- American Dragon: Jake Long premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Hairy Christmas".
- The W.I.T.C.H. episode "Y is for Yield" premieres.
- Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! premieres its final episode "Soul of Evil".
VHS & DVD releases
- 2003 - Freaky Friday
- 2008 - The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea: Special Edition, The Little Mermaid Trilogy box set, and Peter Pan: 3-Movie Collection box set
DVD & Blu-ray releases
- 2008 - The Cheetah Girls: One World: Extended Music Edition
- 2014 - The Love Bug (Disney Movie Club Exclusive)
- 2017 - Frozen: Collector's Edition (Disney Movie Club Exclusive re-release)
Theme park happenings
- 2019 - The Disney's Riviera Resort opens at Walt Disney World.
People
Births
- 1934 - Pete Schrum (actor and voice actor)
- 1945 - Patti Deutsch (voice actress)
- 1947 - Ben Cross (actor, voice actor, and producer)
- 1958 - Katie Leigh (actress and voice actress)
- 1961 - Shane Black (screenwriter, director, producer, and actor)
- 1963 - Benjamin Bratt (actor and model)
- 1981 - Krysten Ritter (actress, musician, writer, and model)
- 1987 - Michael Lohan Jr. (actor)
- 1988 - Anna Popplewell (actress)
- 1998 - Kiara Muhammad (actress, voice actress, and singer)
Deaths
- 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm (writer)
- 1997 - Lillian Disney (Ink/paint artist, and Wife of Walt Disney)
- 2009 - Roy E. Disney (Consultant of The Walt Disney Company; Walt Disney's nephew)
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