December 22

Film

• 1955 - The Littlest Outlaw is released by Buena Vista Distribution.
• 1995 - Tom and Huck us released in the U.S. and Canada.

Shorts

• 1995 - The short music video Stand by Me, featuring Timon and Pumbaa, airs before Tom and Huck in theaters.

Television

• 1954 - The Disneyland episode "A Present for Donald" premieres.
• 1968 - The Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episode "The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show" premieres.
• 1995 - The first and second segments, "Yosemite Remedy" and "The Sky Is Calling", from the twenty-fourth episode of Timon and Pumbaa, premiere.
• 1996 - The television film, The Christmas Tree is released
• 1998 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Change is in The Air" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2009 - The final episode of Little Einsteins, "Little Elephant's Big Parade", premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2017 - The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "Rewind" premieres on ABC.

Video games

• 1993 - Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! is released for the Game Boy in Japan.
• 2000 - The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure released for PlayStation and Game Boy Color.
• 2005 - Kingdom Hearts II is released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan.

VHS & DVD releases

• 1998 - Summer of the Monkeys
• 2009 - The Secret Life Of The American Teenager: Volume Three (ABC Family)

People

Births

• 1885 - Deems Taylor (composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music)
• 1936 - Héctor Elizondo (actor)
• 1948 - Lynne Thigpen (actress)
• 1962 - Ralph Fiennes (actor, voice actor, director, and producer)
• 1982 - Brooke Nevin (actress)
• 1989 - Jordin Sparks (singer, songwriter, and actress)
• 1998 - G. Hannelius (actress)
• 2003 - Neel Sethi (actor)

Deaths

• 1987 - José Oliveira (voice actress)
• 2014 - Christine Cavanaugh (voice actress)
• 2015 - Carson Van Osten (animator and musician)
• 2017 - Gerald B. Greenberg (film editor)