Theatrical releases

Feature Films

• May 25 - Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
• June 16 - Lady and the Tramp
• September 14 - The African Lion
• December 22 - The Littlest Outlaw

Shorts

• January 14 - No Hunting
• August 19 - Bearly Asleep
• September 2 - Beezy Bear
• September 3 - Up a Tree

Theme parks

• July 17 - Disneyland Park opens, being the first Disney theme park to open.
• December 25 - Fink 169 Boats opens at Disneyland.

Television

• October 3 - The Mickey Mouse Club begins airing.

People

Births

• Julien D'ys (hair stylist, photographer, set designer and painter)
• January 6 - Rowan Atkinson (voice actor)
• January 9 - J.K. Simmons (actor)
• February 7 - Miguel Ferrer (voice artist)
• February 19 - Jeff Daniels (actor)
• February 21 - Kelsey Grammer (actor)
• February 24 - Steve Jobs (animator)
• February 27 - Lou Hirsch (actor)
• Febrary 28 - Gilbert Gottfried (voice actor and comedian)
• March 5 - Penn Jillette (comedian, magician and co-star of the Penn & Teller duo)
• March 19 - Bruce Willis (actor)
• March 28 - Reba McEntire (singer & actress)
• April 29 - Richard Epcar (actor, voice actor, director and writer)
• April 29 - Kate Mulgrew (actress)
• May 6 - Tom Bergeron (television personality and game show host)
• May 17 - Bill Paxton (actor and film director)
• May 18 - Chow Yun-fat (actor)
• May 31 - Susie Essman (voice artist)
• June 16 - Laurie Metcalf (voice artist)
• June 25 - Michael McShane (actor)
• June 26 - Gedde Watanabe (actor)
• July 3 - Jesse Corti (voice actor)
• July 22 - Willem Dafoe (voice actor)
• August 3 - Corey Burton (voice artist)
• August 7 - Wayne Knight (voice artist)
• September 9 - Edward Hibbert (actor)
• September 15 - Bruce Reitherman (voice actor)
• November 9 - Karen Dotrice (actress)
• November 13 - Whoopi Goldberg (voice actress)
• November 29 - Howie Mandel (actor, comedian and voice actor)
• December 21 - Jane Kaczmarek (actress)

Deaths

• April 18 - Albert Einstein (theoretical physicist)