Shorts
- 1931 - The Birthday Party
- 1933 - Building a Building
- 1943 - The Spirit of '43
- 1944 - The Pelican and the Snipe
Television
- 1995 - The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Respiration" premieres in syndication.
Theme park happenings
- 2008 - Disney-MGM Studios is renamed Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World.
- 2015 - The Sorcerer's Hat undergoes deconstruction.
VHS & DVD releases
- 1986 - My Science Project (Touchstone Home Video)
- 2003 - Signs
Books
People
Births
- 1920 - Vincent Gardenia (stage, film, and television actor)
- 1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (French flutist)
- 1948 - Kenny Loggins (singer and songwriter)
- 1949 - George Buza (actor)
- 1962 - Hallie Todd (actress)
- 1964 - Nicolas Cage (actor, producer, and director)
- 1969 - Rex Lee (actor)
- 1970 - Doug E. Doug (actor and comedian)
- 1971 - Jeremy Renner (actor)
- 1983 - Brett Dalton (actor)
- 1985 - Lewis Hamilton (racing driver)
- 1987 - Lyndsy Fonseca (actress)
- 2000 - Marcus Scribner (actor)
Deaths
- 1969 - Earl Duvall (artist and animator)
- 2002 - Avery Schreiber (comedian and actor)
- 2016 - Richard Libertini (actor and voice actor)
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