January 9

Films

• 1942 - Blue, White and Perfect (20th Century Studios)
• 1998 - Firestorm (20th Century Studios)
• 2009 - Bride Wars (Fox 2000 Pictures) (Co-production with Dune Entertainment, New Regency Productions, and Regency Entertainment)
• 2015 - Taken 3 (20th Century Studios) (Co-production with Canal+, Ciné+, EuropaCorp, M6 Films and Skylark Productions)

Shorts

• 1937 - Don Donald

Television

• 1991 - The TaleSpin episode "Waiders of the Wost Tweasure" premieres in syndication.
• 1995 - The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show episode "Ow, Hey!/Darkness on the Edge of Black/For a Few Foodstamps More" premieres in syndication.
• 1999 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "That Healing Feeling/The Tutter Family Reunion" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2016 - The Doc McStuffins episodes "Blast Off to the Unknown!" and "Bust a Move" premiere on Disney Junior.
• 2019 - Schooled premieres on ABC.

VHS & DVD releases

• 1996
  • Sweetheart Stories
  • Mickey Loves Minnie
  • Favorite Stories: The Wind in the Willows
  • Aladdin & Jasmine's Moonlight Magic
• 2001 - Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
• 2018 - The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar: Unleash the Roar!

Video games

• 2010 - Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep is released in Japan.

Theme park happenings

• 1987 - Star Tours Opens at Disneyland
• 1999 - Horizons closes at Epcot.

People

Births

• 1916 - Card Walker (Walt Disney Productions executive)
• 1935 - Dick Enberg (sports announcer)
• 1955 - J.K. Simmons (actor and voice actor)
• 1956 - Imelda Staunton (actress)
• 1961 - Candi Milo (voice actress and singer)
• 1965 - Joely Richardson (actress)
• 1967 - Dave Matthews (singer, musician, and actor)
• 1968 - Joey Lauren Adams (actress and director)
• 1993 - Ashley Argota (actress and singer)
• 1998 - Kerris Dorsey (actress and singer)

Deaths

• 1992 - Claude Coats (Imagineer and background artist)
• 2015 - Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. (producer)