December 4

Theatrical releases[]

Shorts[]

1942 - How to Fish

Films[]

1992 - The Distinguished Gentleman (Hollywood Pictures)
2009 - Everybody's Fine (Miramax Films)

Television[]

1957 - The The Wonderful World of Disney episode "Mars and Beyond" premieres on ABC.
1972 - The Mouse Factory episode "Noah's Ark" premieres in syndication.
1982 - A Disney Christmas Gift premieres on CBS.
1987 - The DuckTales episode "Dime Enough for Luck" premieres in syndication.
1990 - The TaleSpin episode "Gruel and Unusual Punishment" premieres in syndication.
1992 - "Gunfight at the Okie-Doke Corral", the season one finale of Goof Troop, premieres in syndication.
1998 - The Boy Meets World episode "And In Case I Don't See Ya" premieres on ABC.
2003 - The JoJo's Circus episodes "JoJo Signs Up/The Un-Average Day" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
2004 - The Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! episode "Ape New World" premieres on ABC Family.
2008 - The Handy Manny episodes "Frank's Barber Shop/Rusty's Second Wind" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
2009
- The Phineas and Ferb episodes "Picture This/Nerdy Dancin'" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on November 7).
- The Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Marathoner Harper" premieres on Disney Channel.
- The Suite Life on Deck episode "The Swede Life" premieres on Disney Channel.
2011
- The Once Upon a Time episode "The Shepherd" premieres on ABC.
- The Austin & Ally episode "Kangaroos & Chaos" premieres on Disney Channel.
2014 - The Wander Over Yonder episode "The Gift" premieres on Disney XD.
2015
- The Sofia the First episode "Lord of the Rink" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on the Disney Jr. app on November 27).
- The Goldie & Bear episodes "Thumbelina's Wild Ride/Big Bad House Guest" premiere on Disney Channel.
- The PJ Masks episodes "Gekko Saves Christmas/Gekko's Nice Ice Plan" premiere on Disney Channel.
- The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "The Discovery Expedition/Snow Globe" premiere on Disney Channel.
- Doc McStuffins premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "Snowy Gablooey/Goooooal!".
- Bunk'd premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Secret Santa".
- The Descendants: Wicked World short "Spirit Day" premieres on Disney Channel.
- The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets the New Year" premieres on Disney Channel.
- The Star Wars Rebels episodes "Stealth Strike" and "The Future of the Force" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on November 25 [Stealth Strike] and December 2 [The Future of the Force]).
2016
- The Once Upon a Time episode "Wish You Were Here" premieres on ABC.
- The K.C. Undercover episode "Holly Holly Not So Jolly" premieres on Disney Channel.
- The Best Friends Whenever episode "The Christmas Curse" premieres on Disney Channel.
2017 - The Disney Magic Moments episode "Die beliebtesten Prinzen" premieres on Disney Channel Germany.
2018 - "The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney Jr. on December 2).
2020
- The Mira, Royal Detective episodes "The Case of the Mysterious Girl/Mystery on the Waterfront" premiere on Disney Channel.
  - The remaining episodes would premiere on Disney Jr.
- The Puppy Dog Pals episodes "A Christmas Mission in Toyland/Nine Lights Tonight!" premiere on Disney Channel.
- The T.O.T.S. episodes "Hug-A-Pip/Out of Control Tower" premiere on Disney Channel.
- The Doc McStuffins special "Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is In" premieres on Disney Jr.
- Disney Fam Jam ends its run on Disney Channel with "Jolly Holidance".
2023 - The Hamster & Gretel episodes "Too Many Crooks/President Fred" premiere on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on November 11).
2024
- The Mickey Mouse Funhouse episodes "The Winter Mountain Art Show/Hear Ye! Hear Ye!" premiere on Disney Jr.
- The SuperKitties episodes "Runaway Sleigh/Hanukkah Rescue" premiere on Disney Jr.
- The Me & Winnie the Pooh episode "Kanga Makes Christmas Ornaments" premieres on Disney Jr.

Streaming[]

2020
- The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse episodes "Keep on Rollin'" and "The Big Good Wolf" premiere on Disney+.
- The Mandalorian episode "Chapter 14: The Tragedy" premieres on Disney+.

Events[]

2012 - Netflix and Disney announced an exclusive multi-year agreement for first-run United States of America subscription television rights to The Walt Disney Studios animated and live-action films, which were available on Netflix beginning in 2016.

Home media[]

1990 - Ernest Goes to Jail
2001
- Pearl Harbor (Touchstone Home Video)
- Walt Disney Treasures: Wave One
2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2012
- Finding Nemo
- Up (Blu-Ray 3D release)
2018 - The Lion King (4K UHD Blu-Ray)

People[]

Births[]

1944 - Dennis Wilson † (musician, singer, singer-songwriter, record producer, and artist)
1949 - Jeff Bridges (actor, producer, singer, and screenwriter)
1958 - Steve Blanchard (actor and singer)
1964 - Marisa Tomei (actress)
1973 - Tyra Banks (actress, television producer, writer, author, television personality, and former model)
1987 - Orlando Brown (actor, voice actor, rapper, singer, and radio personality)

Deaths[]

2015 - Robert Loggia (actor and director)
2020 - David Lander (actor, voice actor, comedian, composer, and musician)
2025 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (actor and voice actor)