EPCOT Center opens
Events
- The Walt Disney Home Video ending promo, titled Walt Disney and You, debuts.
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- February 5 - Night Crossing
- March 26 - Robin Hood (re-issue)
- April 2 - Fantasia (re-issue)
- June 4 - Bambi (re-issue)
- July 9 - TRON
- July 30 - Tex
- December 17 - Peter Pan (re-issue)
Shorts
VHS releases
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- The Wind in the Willows
- Night Crossing
- Snowball Express
- Justin Morgan Had A Horse
- Storybook Classics
- July - Alice in Wonderland and Dumbo (Sales Only)
- November - The Three Caballeros, Fun and Fancy Free, Swiss Family Robinson and The Parent Trap
- December - Babes in Toyland
Direct-to-video releases
- A Day at Disneyland
- A Walt Disney Christmas
Television
- March 17 - Herbie, the Love Bug
- December 5 - A Disney Christmas Gift
Theme Park Happenings
- October 1 - Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center opens to the public.
People
Births
- January 13 - Ruth Wilson (actress)
- January 26 - Wes Brown (actor)
- February 5 - Brian Jones (actor)
- March 3 - Jessica Biel (actress)
- March 6 - Felicia Barton (singer and songwriter)
- March 10 - Shin Koyamada (actor)
- March 11 - Thora Birch (actress)
- March 20 - Nick Blood (actor, director and producer) and Erica Luttrell (actress and voice actress)
- March 21 - Santino Fontana (actor)
- March 25 - Jenny Slate (actress) and Danica Patrick (professional stock car racing driver, model, and advertising spokeswoman)
- March 30 - Jason Dohring (actor)
- April 1 - Taran Killam (actor, comedian, and writer) and Sam Huntington (actor)
- April 3 - Cobie Smulders (actress)
- April 5 - Hayley Atwell (actress)
- April 9 - Jay Baruchel (actor)
- April 15 - Seth Rogen (actor, comedian and voice actor)
- April 19 - Cassandra Morris (actress, blogger, editor, writer and voice actress)
- April 22 - Cassidy Freeman (actress and musician)
- April 24 - Kelly Clarkson (singer, songwriter, and actress)
- April 30 - Kirsten Dunst (actress and model)
- May 1 - Jamie Dornan (actor)
- May 11 - Jonathan Jackson (actor, musician and author)
- May 16 - Tiya Sircar (actress)
- May 19 - Rebecca Hall (actress)
- May 20 - Sierra Boggess (theatre actress and singer)
- June 16 - Missy Peregrym (actress)
- June 30 - Lizzy Caplan (actress)
- July 8 - Sophia Bush (actress)
- July 9 - Toby Kebbell (actor)
- July 14 - Teri Reeves (actress)
- July 18 - Priyanka Chopra (actress and singer-songwriter)
- July 24 - Anna Paquin (actress) and Elisabeth Moss (actress)
- July 29 - Allison Mack (actress)
- August 20 - Meghan Ory (actress)
- August 25 - Benjamin Diskin (voice actor)
- September 10 - Bret Iwan (current voice of Mickey Mouse)
- September 27 - Anna Camp (actress)
- September 30 - Lacey Chabert (actress and voice actress)
- October 3 - Erik von Detten (voice actor)
- October 6 - Michael Arden (actor and singer)
- October 10 - Dan Stevens (actor)
- October 15 - Tyler Jacob Moore (actor) and Lane Toran (actor and musician)
- October 18 - Ne-Yo (singer and actor)
- October 23 - Bradley Pierce (voice-over artist and character actor)
- November 10 - Heather Matarazzo (actress)
- November 12 - Anne Hathaway (actress)
- November 18 - Damon Wayans, Jr. (actor, writer and comedian)
- November 28 - Adam McArthur (actor and martial artist)
- December 29 - Alison Brie (actress)
Deaths
- January 5 - Hans Conried (actor and comedian)
- January 8 - Reta Shaw (actress)
- April 25 - Don Wilson (announcer and occasional actor)
- May 1 - Gene Sheldon (actor and musician)
- June 11 - Al Rinker (vocalist and composer)
- June 27 - Jack Mullaney (actor)
- July 23 - Vic Morrow (actor)
- August 2 - Cathleen Nesbitt (British stage, film and television actress)
- September - Christine Nelson (one-time actress and daughter of Jerry Nelson)
- September 2 - Jay Novello (actor)
- December 2 - Marty Feldman (comedian and writer)
- December 3 - Mike Smith (mouseketeer)
Artists Joined
- Ruben A. Aquino - Supervising Animator on The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Mulan and The Little Mermaid.
- Jeff Howard - Effects Animator on The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, The Princess and the Frog and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- Gary M. Eggleston - Background Artist at Walt Disney Television Animation and worked on DuckTales, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and The Little Mermaid.
- Lisa Keene - Background Artist/Visual Development Artist on The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Little Mermaid.
- Susan I. Craig - Assistant Animator on The Black Cauldron, Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Rescuers Down Under.
- Kaaren Lundeen - Assistant Animator on The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid.
1982