Theatrical releases
Feature films
- January 16 - Son of Flubber
- February 20 - Fantasia (re-release)
- March 29 - Miracle of the White Stallions
- June 1 - Savage Sam
- July 7 - Summer Magic
- November 20 - The Incredible Journey
- December 25 - The Sword in the Stone
Shorts
- February 20 - Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (re-release)
Theme park happenings
- June 23 - Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room opens at Disneyland.
- November 22 - Walt Disney makes his first flight over the area that he plans to build Walt Disney World on. The same day, Disneyland undergoes an unscheduled closure following the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy.
People
Births
- Debi Mae West (voice actress)
- January 2 - Julie Piekarski (actress and Mouseketeer)
- January 4 - Dave Foley (voice actor)
- January 5 - Jiang Wen (actor)
- January 11 - Pres Romanillos (animator)
- January 12 - Charlie Bean (animator, writer, storyboard artist, producer, and director)
- January 19 - Veanne Cox (actress and dancer)
- February 2 - Kirk Baily (actor and voice actor)
- February 12 - John Michael Higgins (actor)
- February 17 - Larry the Cable Guy (comedian and actor)
- February 19 -
- Joey Diaz (comedian and actor)
- Jessica Tuck (actress)
- March 18 - Vanessa Williams (singer, actress, producer, and former fashion model)
- March 20 -
- Kathy Ireland (model, actress, entrepreneur and designer)
- David Thewlis (actor, author, director and screenwriter)
- March 27 - Quentin Tarantino (actor, director and producer)
- April 8 - Julian Lennon (musician and photographer)
- April 17 - Joel Murray (actor)
- April 18 - Eric McCormack (actor and comedian)
- April 26 - Jet Li (actor)
- May 10 - Rich Moore (animation director and business partner)
- May 11 - Natasha Richardson (actress)
- May 25 - Mike Myers (actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter)
- June 1 - David Rudman (puppeteer)
- June 3 - Toshiaki Karasawa (actor)
- June 6 - Jason Isaacs (actor)
- June 9 - Johnny Depp (actor)
- June 17 - Greg Kinnear (actor, comedian, TV personality)
- July 13 - Sandy Fox (voice actress)
- July 17 - Regina Belle (singer, songwriter and actress)
- July 27 - Donnie Yen (actor)
- July 30 - Lisa Kudrow (actress, comedian and producer)
- August 1 - Coolio (musician, rapper and actor)
- August 3 - Lisa Ann Walter (actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer)
- August 9 - Whitney Houston (actress, singer and producer)
- August 16 - Christine Cavanaugh (voice actress)
- August 19 - John Stamos (actor and musician)
- August 30 - Michael Chiklis (actor, voice actor, director and producer)
- September 18 - Dan Povenmire (voice artist, producer, screenwriter, director, storyboard artist)
- September 25 - Tate Donovan (actor and director)
- October 6 - Elisabeth Shue (actress)
- October 23 - Allison Shearmur (producer and former Disney vice-president)
- October 26 - Tom Cavanagh (actor)
- October 28 - Lauren Holly (actress)
- October 31 - Rob Schneider (actor, comedian, screenwriter and director)
- November 5 - Andrea McArdle (actress and singer)
- November 10 -
- Hugh Bonneville (actor)
- Tommy Davidson (comedian and actor)
- November 20 - Ming-Na Wen (actress)
- November 21 - Nicollette Sheridan (actress)
- December 8 - Wendell Pierce (actor)
- December 15 - Helen Slater (actress, singer and screenwriter)
- December 16 - Benjamin Bratt (actor)
- December 23 - Jess Harnell (voice actor)
- December 31 - Gong Li (actress)
Deaths
- September 13 - George Golitzen (producer)
- September 15 - Oliver Wallace (composer)
- October 29 - Adolphe Menjou (actor)
- November 22 -
- C.S. Lewis (author)
- Aldous Huxley (author)
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