December 31 is known as New Year's Eve in the United States and Canada. 
Feature films
- 1962 - 40 Pounds of Trouble (Universal Pictures)
- 1969 - The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (Walt Disney Productions)
Theme park happenings
- 1999 - Disney's ImagiNations Parade premieres at Disneyland Park (Paris)
Books
- 1977 - Lambert the Sheepish Lion
- 1978 - Little Hiawatha
- 1979 - The Aristocats Get into Mischief
- 1980
- 1981 - Lady and the Tramp
- 1982 - Dopey Gets Lost
- 1984 - Hiawatha and the Big Flood
- 1985 - Cinderella's Busy Birthday
Events
- 2021 - Bob Iger's contract with The Walt Disney Company and role as Executive Chairman and its Board of Directors will expire.
People
Births
- 1918 - Virginia Davis (child actress)
- 1920 - Rex Allen (actor, singer,Ā and songwriter)
- 1937 -Ā Anthony Hopkins (actor, director, and producer)
- 1943
- Ben Kingsley (actor)
- John Denver (singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, activist, and humanitarian)
- 1944 - Neil Ross (voice actor)
- 1947 - Tim Matheson (actor, voice actor, and director)
- 1948 - Donna Summer (singer, songwriter, and artist)
- 1953 - James Remar (actor and voice actor)
- 1958 - Bebe Neuwirth (actress, singer, and dancer)
- 1959
- Val Kilmer (actor)
- Ronnie del Carmen (writer, story artist, story supervisor, and production designer)
- 1962 - Lance Reddick (actor, voice actor, and musician)
Deaths
- 1983 - Ralph Wright (actor, writer, and director)
- 2001 - David Swift (screenwriter, animator, director,Ā and producer)
- 2013 - James Avery (actor, voice actor, and poet)
- 2014 - Edward Herrmann (actor, director, writer, and comedian)
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