Luxo Jr.
Taking Care of Business
Theme park happenings[]
- 1955 - Aunt Jemima Pancake House opens in Frontierland at Disneyland.
- 1998 - Captain EO closes at Disneyland Paris.
Shorts[]
Films[]
- 1990 - Taking Care of Business
Television[]
- 1990 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film, The Little Kidnappers premieres on Disney Channel.
- 2001 - The Disney Channel Original Movie, Jumping Ship premieres on Disney Channel.
- 2004 - Teamo Supremo premieres on Toon Disney with the series finale episode "The Governor's Analyst!/The Gauntlet's New Gloves!".
- 2005 - The W.I.T.C.H. episode "The Final Battle" premieres.
- 2007 - High School Musical 2, a Disney Channel Original Movie, premieres on Disney Channel in the United States. A sneak peek at the new Phineas and Ferb series is also shown after the movie with the episode, "Rollercoaster".
- 2012
- The Gravity Falls episode "Irrational Treasure" premieres on Disney Channel.
- The Doc McStuffins episodes "Doctoring the Doc" and "Hot Pursuit" premiere on Disney Junior.
VHS & DVD releases[]
- 1999
- Belle's Tales of Friendship
- Hercules: Zero to Hero
- 2004 - Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
- 2010 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Bedtime with Pooh, Ugly Betty: The Complete Fourth And Final Season (ABC Studios), and Cougar Town: The Complete First Season (ABC Studios)
Books[]
- 2009 - Disney-Pixar Ultimate Sticker Book
DVD & Blu-ray releases[]
- 2010 - The Last Song
People[]
Births[]
- 1786 - Davy Crockett (American politician)
- 1920 - Maureen O'Hara (actress and singer)
- 1943 - Robert De Niro (actor, voice actor, director, and producer)
- 1959 - Chika Sakamoto (Japanese voice actress)
- 1961 - Takashi Aoyagi (Japanese literature scholar, college professor, and voice actor)
- 1964 - Michael Surrey (animator)
- 1991 - Austin Butler (actor, singer, and model)
Deaths[]
- 1988 - Jack Cutting (animator and director)
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