Theatrical releases

Feature Films

• 1942 animated feature Bambi is given a G Rating under the MPAA film rating system.
• March 15 - Alice in Wonderland (first-ever re-issue)
• June 6 - Herbie Rides Again
• July 31 - The Bears and I
• August 1 - Castaway Cowboy
• December 20 - The Island at the Top of the World

Shorts

• December 20 - Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!

Theme park happenings

• June 29 - America Sings opens at Disneyland.
• July 8 - 18-year-old cast member Debra Gail Stone is killed during an intermission of America Sings at Disneyland
• October 1 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ceases sponsorship of the Santa Fe-Disneyland Railway, and the attraction is renamed Disneyland Railroad.

People

Births

• Henry Jackman (film composer)
• January 18 - Maulik Pancholy (voice artist)
• January 30 - Christian Bale (voice artist)
• February 6 - David Gerstein (comics author and editor and animation historian)
• February 8 - Seth Green (actor, voice artist and comedian)
• March 5 - Matt Lucas (actor, comedian and singer)
• April 11 - Tricia Helfer (actress)
• April 28 - Penélope Cruz (actress)
• May 21 - Fairuza Balk (actress)
• June 23 - Joel Edgerton (actor)
• July 14 - David Mitchell (actor, comedian and writer)
• July 25 - Jason Marin (voice artist) and Lauren Faust (animator, writer)
• August 20 - Amy Adams (actress)
• August 24 - Jennifer Lien (voice artist)
• October 5 - Heather Headley (Singer, songwriter, record producer, actress)
• October 28 - Joaquin Phoenix (voice artist)
• December 24 - Ryan Seacrest (Radio personality and television host)

Deaths

• January 2 - Tex Ritter (country singer and actor)
• February 4 - Stuart Buchanan (voice artist)
• March 8 - Martha Wentworth (voice artist)
• March 19 - Edward Platt (actor)
• April 24 - Bud Abbott (actor, producer and comedian)
• April 30 - Agnes Moorehead (actress)
• May 25 - Donald Crisp (film actor)
• June 30 - Fred Shields (voice artist)
• July 19 - Joe Flynn (voice artist)
• September 14 - Barbara Jo Allen (actress)
• December 29 - Robert Ellis (film actor, screenwriter and director)