Theatrical releases

• February 5 - No Deposit, No Return
• March 26 - Dumbo (re-release)
• May 26 - Escape for the Dark
• June 18 - Peter Pan (re-release)
• July 1 - Treasure of Matecumbe
• July 7 - Gus
• December 17 - Freaky Friday and The Shaggy D.A.

Theme park happenings

• June 20 - Disney's River Country opens
• Winnie the Pooh for President promotional campaign

Television

• September 5 - The Muppet Show premieres in syndication. The series was not created by Disney, but has been owned by Disney along with the Muppets themselves since 2004.

People

Births

• February 13 - Feist (singer-songwriter)
• February 23 - Kelly Macdonald (voice actress)
• February 25 - Rashida Jones (actress)
• March 19 - Nicholas Stoller (screenwriter and director)
• March 22 - Reese Witherspoon (actress)
• March 23 - Keri Russell (actress)
• April 2 - Aaron Lohr (American actor and singer)
• April 9 - Blayne Weaver (actor and writer)
• April 13 - Jonathan Brandis (actor, director and screenwriter)
• April 20 - Joey Lawrence (voice actor)
• May 25 - Cillian Murphy (actor)
• May 31 - Colin Farrell (actor)
• June 29 - Bret McKenzie (comedian, actor, Academy Award-winning musician and producer)
• July 5 - Jamie Elman (actor)
• July 15 - Gabriel Iglesias (stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and voice actor); Diane Kruger (actress)
• August 11 - Will Friedle (voice actor)
• October 31 - Piper Perabo (actress)

Deaths

• February 13 - John Lounsbery (animator)
• March 3 - Ray Gilbert (lyricist)
• March 24 - E.H. Shepard (illustrator)
• April 11 - Liam Dunn (actor)
• May 27 - Ruth McDevitt (stage, film, radio and television actress)
• August 8 - Winston Hibler (screenwriter, film producer and director)
• September 24 - Romney Brent (actor, director and dramatist)
• December 20 - Walter Fitzgerald (character actor)
• December 20 - Ned Washington (lyricist)
• December 25 - Frankie Darro (actor)