February 8

Shorts

• 1952 - Lambert the Sheepish Lion

Films

• 1968 - Blackbeard's Ghost
• 1980 - Midnight Madness

Theme park happenings

• 2001 - Disney's California Adventure opens at Disneyland Resort

Television

• 1995 - The Aladdin episode "Vocal Hero" premieres in syndication.
• 2000 - The Pepper Ann episode "Pepper Shaker/Flaw and Order" premieres on UPN.
• 2008 - The Phineas and Ferb episode "The Magnificent Few" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2009 - Sonny with a Chance premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2014 - The Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja two-part episode "Randy Cunningham: 13th Century Ninja" airs on Disney XD.

Video games

• 2005 - Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure is released for PlayStation and Game Boy Advance.

VHS & DVD releases

• 2011 - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie's Masquerade

DVD & Blu-ray releases

• 2011 - You Again

People

Births

• 1932 - John Williams (composer, pianist, and conductor)
• 1937 - Joe Raposo (composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer, and lyricist)
• 1950 - Ron Husband (animator)
• 1952 - Daisuke Gōri (Japanese voice actor, narrator, and actor)
• 1953 - Mary Steenburgen (actress)
• 1968 - April Stewart (voice actress)
• 1972 - Paul Wight (professional wrestler and actor)
• 1974
  • Seth Green (actor, comedian, voice actor, television producer, and screenwriter)
  • Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (musician)
• 1979 - Josh Keaton (actor, voice actor, singer, and music producer)
• 1981 - Dawn Olivieri (actress)
• 1995 - Jordan Todosey (actress)
• 2005 - Katie Silverman (child and voice actress)

Deaths

• 1997 - Robert Ridgely (actor, voice actor, and vocal artist)
• 2012 - Laurie Main (actor)