Theatrical releasesEdit

• March 11 - Escape from the Dark and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• June 22 - A Tale of Two Critters and The Rescuers
• June 24 - Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
• November 3 - Pete's Dragon
• December 16 - Candleshoe

TelevisionEdit

• Televangelist Pat Robertson founds the cable channel which will eventually become ABC Family.

Theme parksEdit

• Disneyland's PeopleMover receives the SuperSpeed Tunnel, located inside what is now the upper level of Innoventions, a section of the ride which placed riders on a speedway using projections. In 1982, it was re-themed as the Tron SuperSpeed Tunnel, and placed riders and their PeopleMover in a light cycle race.
• May 27 - Space Mountain, Starcade and the Space Stage open in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.

PeopleEdit

BirthsEdit

• Peter Sohn (animator, voice actor and storyboard artist)
• January 13 - Orlando Bloom (actor)
• January 31 - Bobby Moynihan (actor and comedian)
• April 26 - Jason Earles (actor and comedian)
• May 2 - Jenna von Oÿ (actress and country music singer)
• May 16 - Lynn Collins (actress)
• July 13 - Kari Wahlgren (voice actress)
• July 15 - Lana Parrilla (actress)
• October 16 - John Mayer (singer)
• October 26 - Jon Heder (actor and filmmaker)
• December 10 - Emmanuelle Chriqui (actress)

DeathsEdit

• January 6 - Niall MacGinnis (actor)
• January 14 - Peter Finch (actor)
• February 18 - Andy Devine (character actor and comic cowboy sidekick)
• June 2 - Forrest Lewis (actor)
• June 13 - Matthew Garber (actor)
• June 14 - Alan Reed (actor and voice actor)
• August 16 - Elvis Presley (singer and actor)
• August 22 - Sebastian Cabot (actor)
• September 8 - Zero Mostel (actor, comedian and singer)
• September 13 - Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
• October 14 - Bing Crosby (singer and actor)
• December 25 - Charlie Chaplin (actor)