Film
- 2008 - Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert premieres at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Television
- 1988 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh premieres on ABC and Disney Channel with "Pooh Oughta Be In Pictures".
- 1991 - The TaleSpin episode "Bringing Down Babyface" premieres in syndication.
- 1993 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film, The Ernest Green Story, premieres on Disney Channel.
- 1998 - The season one finale of Recess, "Parents' Night/Swing on Thru to the Other Side" and the Pepper Ann episode "Have You Ever Been Unsupervised/The Unusual Suspects" premiere on ABC.
- 2003 - That's So Raven premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "Test of Friendship", "Mother Dearest", "Party Animal", and "Wake Up Victor".
- 2005 - The Dave the Barbarian episode "A Pig's Story" premieres on Disney Channel.
VHS & DVD releases
Books
People
Births
- 1706 - Benjamin Franklin (inventor, scientist, and politician)
- 1913 - Claude Coats (Imagineer and background artist)
- 1922 - Betty White (actress and comedienne)
- 1927 - Eartha Kitt (actress and singer)
- 1931 - James Earl Jones (actor and voice actor)
- 1933 - Shari Lewis (ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host)
- 1941 - Tom Lowell (actor)
- 1956 - Steve Harvey (comedian, television host, radio personality, actor, and author)
- 1962 - Jim Carrey (actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, and producer)
- 1969 - Naveen Andrews (actor)
- 1975 - Freddy Rodriguez (actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
- 1980 - Zooey Deschanel (actress, model, singer-songwriter, and musician)
- 1983 - Rickey Collins (actor and voice actor)
- 1992 - Nate Hartley (actor)
Deaths
- 1983 - John W. Dunn (screenwriter and animator)
- 1990 - Ken O'Brien (animator)
- 2008 - Allan Melvin (character actor)
- 2010 - Daisuke Gōri (Japanese voice actor)
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