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celebrates its 35th anniversary. celebrates its 35th anniversary.
premieres in syndication. premieres in syndication.
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Disney launches their own comics imprint.
Disneyland celebrates its 35th anniversary.
The Disney Afternoon premieres in syndication.
The first issue of Disney Adventures .
An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1990.
Theatrical releases[ ]
Feature films[ ]
- February 2 - Stella (Touchstone Pictures)
- February 23 - Where the Heart Is (Touchstone Pictures)
- March 12 - The Brave Little Toaster (Hyperion Pictures; Washington, D.C.)
- March 21 - Taran and the Magic Cauldron (Bend, Oregon; re-issue)
- March 23 - Pretty Woman (Touchstone Pictures) which despite mixed reception from critics ends up as huge success.
- April 6 - Ernest Goes to Jail (Touchstone Pictures)
- April 27 - Spaced Invaders (Touchstone Pictures)
- May 25 - Fire Birds (Touchstone Pictures)
- June 13 - Dick Tracy (Touchstone Pictures) premiered in Woodstock, Illinois.
- June 14 - Dick Tracy (Touchstone Pictures) premiered in Los Angeles, California and Orlando, Florida.
- June 15 - Dick Tracy (Touchstone Pictures) which despite the mixed reception from critics it became a huge success.
- June 22 - Betsy's Wedding (Touchstone Pictures)
- July 13 - The Jungle Book (final re-issue)
- July 18 - Arachnophobia (Hollywood Pictures)
- August 3 - DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp was released to positive reviews but became a financial disappointment.
- August 17 - Taking Care of Business (Hollywood Pictures)
- October 5 - Fantasia (re-issue, restored and remastered release)
- October 12 - Mr. Destiny (Touchstone Pictures)
- November 16 - The Rescuers Down Under was released to generally favorable reviews but was also a box office disappointment.
- November 21 - Three Men and a Little Lady (Touchstone Pictures)
- December 23 - Green Card (Touchstone Pictures) premieres in Los Angeles and in New York.
Shorts[ ]
- June 15 - Roller Coaster Rabbit (Touchstone Pictures) is released alongside Dick Tracy .
- July 13 - Mickey and the Seal (re-issue)
- August 3 - Dude Duck (re-issue)
- September 20 - Mickey's Safety Club: Street Safe, Street Smart
- October 19 - Mickey's Safety Club: Halloween Surprises
- November 16 - The Prince and the Pauper is released alongside The Rescuers Down Under .
- You and Your Five Senses (remake version)
Theme parks[ ]
- January 11 - The Party Gras Parade debuts at Disneyland.
- April 29 - The One Man's Dream show in Fantasyland at Disneyland has its final performance.
- May 26 - Mickey's Birthdayland is renamed Mickey's Starland at Magic Kingdom.
- July 17 - Disneyland and Disneyland Resort celebrates its 35th anniversary.
- November 18 - The Party Gras Parade at Disneyland has its final performance.
- December 7 - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: Movie Set Adventure opens in Streets of America at Disney-MGM Studios.
- December 31 - Dick Tracy Starring in Diamond Double Cross in Fantasyland at Disneyland has its final performance.
Albums[ ]
Television[ ]
Specials[ ]
- April 21 - Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue airs on various television stations across the United States, including ABC, NBC, and CBS
- May 6 - The Muppets at Walt Disney World airs on NBC.
- November 21 - The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson airs on CBS.
- December 25 - The eighth annual Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade premieres on ABC.
Shows[ ]
- January 1 - The Baby-Sitters Club airs its first episode.
- February 11 - DuckTales concludes its third season.
- March 26 - The Baby-Sitters Club airs its last episode.
- May 5 - TaleSpin premieres as a "preview" on the Disney Channel; it would begin airing in syndication on September 7.
- September 10
- The Disney Afternoon airs its first broadcast.
- DuckTales begins airing its fourth and final season.
- November 19 - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers airs its final episode.
- November 28 - DuckTales airs its final episode.
Series finales[ ]
- November 19 - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers , three seasons
- November 28 - DuckTales , four seasons
Comics[ ]
- April - Disney Comics (the company) is founded and publishes their first issues of Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers , Donald Duck Adventures , DuckTales , Mickey Mouse Adventures , Goofy Adventures , and Roger Rabbit , alongside continuing Walt Disney's Comics and Stories and Uncle Scrooge .
- November - Disney Comics begins a four-issue TaleSpin mini-series.
Magazines[ ]
- October - The first issue of Disney Adventures is published
Books[ ]
- Cowboy Mickey
- Scrooge McDuck and the Big Surprise
- March 9 - Armstrong the Robot and Earthquack
- April - Sphinx for the Memories and Sir Gyro Gearloose
- September - Mickey's Young Readers Library series
- December - The Prince and the Pauper (Little Golden Book)
Video games[ ]
- June - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and Adventures in the Magic Kingdom for NES
- November 20 - Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse for Sega Master System
- December 31 - DuckTales: The Quest for Gold for Amiga and Commodore 64
- Mickey Mouse wa Shouboushi (Epoch Handheld LCD)
- Mickey's 123: The Big Surprise Party (Amiga, DOS)
- Mickey's ABC's: A Day at The Fair (Amiga, DOS)
- Donald and Goofy (Epoch Handheld LCD)
- Cinderella (Tiger Handheld LCD)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Tiger Handheld LCD)
- Goofy (Tiger Handheld LCD)
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: The Adventure in Nimnul's Castle (DOS)
- Dick Tracy (NES, Game Boy)
- Dick Tracy (Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad GX4000)
- Disney Animation Studio (Amiga, DOS)
- DuckTales (Tiger Handheld LCD)
Home video releases[ ]
VHS releases[ ]
- January 24 - New York Stories
- March 16 - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- March 28 - Dead Poets Society
- May 3 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Volume 1: The Great Honey Pot Robbery, Volume 2: The Wishing Bear, Volume 3: Newfound Friends (re-issues), Volume 4: There's No Camp Like Home and Volume 5: Wind Some, Lose Some
- May 18
- The Little Mermaid
- Disney's Sing Along Songs: Heigh Ho, Zip A Dee Doo Dah, You Can Fly, The Bare Necessities, Fun with Music (re-issues), Under the Sea
- July 25
- August 14
- DuckTales: Raiders of the Lost Harp and Space Invaders
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Danger Rangers and Super Sleuths
- Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Disneyland Fun
- August 28
- Blackbeard's Ghost (re-issue)
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (re-issue)
- The Watcher in the Woods (re-issue)
- Walt Disney Mini Classics : The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Donald's Scary Tales and Halloween Haunts
- September 21 - Peter Pan
- September 25
- Babes in Toyland (re-issue)
- A Walt Disney Christmas (re-issue)
- A Disney Christmas Gift (re-issue)
- Jiminy Cricket's Christmas (re-issue)
- Where the Toys Come From (re-issue)
- Disney Sing Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs (re-issue)
- Walt Disney Mini Classics : The Small One and Mickey's Christmas Carol
- October 19
- Pretty Woman (Touchstone)
- December 4 - Ernest Goes to Jail
- December 28 - Disney's Sing-Along Songs: I Love to Laugh!
Laserdisc releases[ ]
- September 12 - The Little Mermaid
- September 21 - The Little Mermaid (CAV release)
- October 19 - Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Donald's Scary Tales and Halloween Haunts
Events[ ]
- January - Muppet Vision 3-D is filmed.
- August 3 - Walt Disney Pictures introduces a variation of the original logo with a long version debuting in October, in front of the re-issue of Fantasia .
Character debuts[ ]
- January 6 - Buddy, Ursa, Gritty
- February 6 - Rat Capone, Arnold Mousenegger and Sugar Ray Lizard
- February 8 - Buffy Ratzkiwatzki, Ratso Ratzkiwatzki, Moose and Rocco
- February 11 - Aphroducky
- February 19 - Baby Thaddeus, Monrovia and Pomona
- February 21 - Foxglove, Winifred, Bud, Lou
- February 22 - Midge, Mrs. Sweeney, Todd, Jack and Nickels
- March 19 - Maltese de Sade, Le Sewer and Ratatouille
- April 6 - Felix Nash, Rubin Bartlett, Lyle, Rimshot
- May 1 - Kookoo and Boots, Professor
- May 5 - Baloo (TaleSpin), Kit Cloudkicker, Rebecca Cunningham, Don Karnage, Air Pirates, Prince Nevarhas Bin-Broak
- May 6 - Wildcat, Trader Moe
- May 13 - Louie (TaleSpin), Buffy and Muffy Vanderschmere
- May 19 - Molly Cunningham
- June 15 - Dick Tracy, Dick Tracy, Jr., Tess Trueheart-Tracy, Big Boy Caprice, Lips Manlis, Breathless Mahoney, Bug Bailey, D.A. Fletcher
- June - Rick Flint
- June 16 - Ivanod Spigot, Sergeant Dunder
- June 17 - Daring Dan Dawson
- August 3 - Merlock the Magician, Dijon, Gene the Genie
- August 18 - Dexter
- September 7 - Shere Khan (TaleSpin)
- September 10 - Darkwing Duck, Gosalyn Mallard, Professor Martin Torque
- September 12 - Abbot Costello
- September 19 - Heimlich Menudo, Weazel
- September 13 - Henry, MacKnee
- September 25 - Captain William Stansbury
- September 26 - Seymour, Inspector Burrow
- October - Phantom Brat
- October 4 - Kitten Kaboodle
- October 9 - Jack Case
- October 15 - Hans and Helga
- October 22 - Whistlestop Jackson
- November - Mrs. Fragmuffin
- November 1 - Emperor Wan Lo
- November 8 - Joe Magee, Doctor Cooper
- November 15 - Oscar Vandersnoot
- November 16 - Jake, Wilbur, Cody, Marahute, Percival McLeach, Joanna the Goanna, Dr. Mouse, Cody's Mother, Baitmouse, Frank, Faloo, Krebbs, Red, Sparky, The Dying King
- November 19 - Rafi
- November 20 - Mizrabel, Jack-In-The-Box, Old Oak Tree, Storm-Men, Licorice Dragon, Oafish Clock Maker
- November 27 - Katie Dodd, Thaddeus E. Klang, Poupon
- December 3 - Clementine Clevenger, Sheriff Gomer Cleghorn and Deputy Wendell
- Penny Pooch
- Doodles the Cat
People[ ]
Births[ ]
- January 6 - Natalie Palamides (actress, voice actress, comedian, and screenwriter)
- January 13 - Liam Hemsworth (actor)
- January 30 - Jake Thomas (actor, photographer, and director)
- March 4 - Andrea Bowen (actress)
- March 7 - Shakira Barrera (actress)
- March 24 - Keisha Castle-Hughes (actress)
- March 30 - Cassie Scerbo (actress, singer, and dancer)
- April 9 - Kristen Stewart (actress and director)
- April 15 - Emma Watson (actress, model, and activist)
- April 18 - Britt Robertson (actress)
- May 2 - Kay Panabaker (actress and voice actress)
- May 3 - Harvey Guillén (actor, voice actor, writer, and producer)
- May 16
- Thomas Sangster (actor, voice actor, and musician)
- Marc John Jefferies (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- Deniz Akdeniz (actor)
- June 13 - Aaron Taylor-Johnson (actor)
- June 19 - Ashly Burch (actress, voice actress, singer, and writer)
- June 28 - Jasmine Richards (actress and singer)
- June 29 - Aaron Spann (voice actor)
- July 6 - Jeremy Suarez (actor and voice actor)
- July 12 - Rachel Brosnahan (actress and voice actress)
- July 24 - Daveigh Chase (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- July 29 - Matt Prokop (actor)
- August 10 - Lucas Till (actor)
- August 15 - Vargus Mason (actor, voice actor, and writer)
- August 16 - Michelle Ortiz (actress and voice actress)
- August 29 - Nicole Anderson (actress)
- September 5 - Max Mittelman (voice actor and actor)
- September 21 - Allison Scagliotti (actress, musician, and director)
- September 29 - Doug Brochu (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- October 5 - Myles Jeffrey (actor, voice actor, producer, and director)
- October 19 - Ciara Renée (actress and musician)
- October 25 - Michael Cusack (animator, writer, and voice actor)
- November 6 - Bowen Yang (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- November 11 - Ashley Rose Orr (actress and voice actress)
- November 24 - Sarah Hyland (actress and voice actress)
- November 25 - Stephanie Hsu (actress)
- December 8 - Dana Terrace (animator, writer, storyboard artist, director, producer, and voice actress)
- December 13 - Joseph Garrett (actor and commentator)
- December 23 - Anna Maria Perez de Taglé (actress and singer)
Deaths[ ]
- January 8 - Terry-Thomas (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- January 17 - Ken O'Brien (animator)
- February 1 - Hal Ambro (animator and film director)
- April 7 - Dick Lundy (animator and film director)
- May 16 - Jim Henson (creator of the Muppets)
- June 21 - Margaret J. Winkler (producer)
- August 6 - Charlotte Huffine (ink artist and animator)
- August 26 - Retta Scott (artist)
- September 13 - Joaquin Garay (voice actor and singer)
- November 13 - Don Chaffey (director, writer, and producer)
- November 23 - Roald Dahl (author, novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot, and screenwriter)
- November 24 - Dodie Smith (novelist and playwright)
- December 18 - Dessie Flynn (voice actress)
- December 27 - Helene Stanley (actress, singer, and model)
1990