Theatrical releases
Shorts
Films
- 1942 - Young America (20th Century Fox)
- 1943 - Saludos Amigos (The Walt Disney Company) is released in the United States.
- 1947 - The Brasher Doubloon (20th Century Fox)
- 1954 - Hell and High Water (20th Century Fox)
- 1974 - Zardoz (20th Century Fox)
- 1981 - Fort Apache, The Bronx (20th Century Fox)
- 1987 - Black Widow (20th Century Fox)
- 2004
Television
- 1959 - Part 5 of the Walt Disney Presents episode "The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca" premieres on ABC.
- 1972 - Part 1 of The Wonderful World of Disney episode "Justin Morgan Had a Horse" premieres on NBC.
- 1977 - Part 2 of The Wonderful World of Disney episode "Barry of the Great St. Bernard" premieres on NBC.
- 1990 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Mind Your Cheese and Q's" premieres in syndication.
- 1991 - The TaleSpin episode "Baloo Thunder" premieres in syndication.
- 1993 - Season Two of The Torkelsons, now known at the time as Almost Home, premieres on NBC with "New Moon".
- 1994 - Aladdin premieres as a "preview" on The Disney Channel; the series would begin airing in syndication as part of The Disney Afternoon and on CBS' Saturday morning line-up on September 5.
- 1995 - The Aladdin episode "Love at First Sprite" and The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show episodes "Pain in the Brain/Haunt of the Night of Blacker Darkness/Loathsome Dove", both premiere in syndication.
- 1996 - The Gargoyles episode "The Hound of Ulster" premieres in syndication.
- 1998 - 101 Dalmatians: The Series premiere in syndication with the episodes "Channels/Un-Lucky".
- 1999 - The Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show episode "Honey, the Future's Coming Back to Me" premieres in syndication.
- 2000 - Season Four of Pepper Ann premieres on UPN with the episodes "Burn, Hazelnut, Burn/Career Daze". The Recess episodes "Spinelli's Masterpiece/Nobody Doesn't Like T.J." also premiere on UPN.
- 2001 - The Book of Pooh episodes "Don Pooh Xote/Beastly Burden" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
- 2004 - The That's So Raven episode "Hearts and Minds" and Dave the Barbarian episodes "The Way of the Dave/Beauty and the Zit" premiere on the Disney Channel.
- 2005 - Season One of Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! ends on Jetix with the episode "Skeleton King". The JoJo's Circus episodes "100 Days and Counting/Hoop Happy", also premiere on Playhouse Disney.
- 2014 - The Sheriff Callie's Wild West episodes "Callie Asks for Help/Peck's Trail Mix Mix-Up" premiere on Disney Junior.
- 2015 - Miles from Tomorrowland premieres on Disney Junior with the episodes "Game On/How I Saved My Summer Vacation". The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets Farkle's Choice, the Dog With a Blog episode "Dog on a Catwalk", the Jessie episode "Four Broke Kids" and the Wander Over Yonder episodes "The Liar/The Stray" also premiere and air respectively on the Disney Channel, with The 7D episodes "Oh Happy Grumpy/Funniest Hair Day" premiering on Disney XD, and the DCOM Bad Hair Day is released on WATCH Disney Channel a week before it's airing.
- 2017 - The Star vs. the Forces of Evil episode "Raid the Cave" premieres on Disney XD.
VHS & DVD releases
- 1991 - Taking Care of Business (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
- 2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is released to VHS exclusively to the Disney Movie Club. Cinderella III: A Twist in Time is also released on DVD.
Theme park happenings
- 2001 - Rancho Del Zocalo in Disneyland adopts its current name.
- 2011 - Tortuga Tavern opens up in the Magic Kingdom.
- 2016 - La Forêt de l'Enchantement: Une aventure musicale Disney at Disneyland Paris has a soft opening.
Albums
- 2006 - The Many Songs of Winnie the Pooh is released.
Events
- 1986 - Walt Disney Productions changes its name to The Walt Disney Company. Its feature animation division is split off into Walt Disney Feature Animation.
People
Births
- 1900 - Ted Osborne (writer)
- 1906 - Guido Martina (artist and writer)
- 1911 - Ronald Reagan (actor, politician, and 40th President of the United States of America)
- 1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft (voice actor and singer)
- 1926 - Walker Edmiston (actor and voice actor)
- 1931 - Rip Torn (actor)
- 1934 - Marty Sklar (Imagineer)
- 1953 - Phil Snyder (voice actor)
- 1957 - Kathy Najimy (actress and comedian)
- 1971 - Brian Stepanek (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- 1974 - David Gerstein (comics author and editor and animation historian)
- 1977 - Josh Stewart (actor)
- 1990 - Dominic Sherwood (actor and model)
Deaths
- 1994 - Jack Kirby (comic book writer, comic book artist, and comic book editor)
- 2016 - Daniel Gerson (screenwriter and voice actor)
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