January 17

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

• 2006 - The Devil and Max Devlin

Film

• 2008 - Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert premieres at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. 

Books

• 2017 - Star Darlings: Stealing Starlight

People

Births

• 1706 - Benjamin Franklin (inventor, scientist, and politician)
• 1913 - Claude Coats (Imagineer and background artist)
• 1922 - Betty White (actress and comedian)
• 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)
• 1989 - Kelly Marie Tran (actress)
• 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)