April 16

Theatrical releases[ ]

Shorts[ ]

• 1948 - Daddy Duck

Films[ ]

• 1964 - The Tattooed Police Horse
• 2004 - Kill Bill Volume 2 (Miramax Films)

Television[ ]

• 1958 - The Disneyland episode "Four Tales on a Mouse" premieres on ABC.
• 1989
  • The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Pound of the Baskervilles" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • Part 2 of The Parent Trap III premieres on NBC.
• 1990 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "A Lean on the Property" premieres in syndication.
• 1999 - The Timon & Pumbaa episodes "You May Have Already Won Six Million Bakra" and "My Meteor, My Friend" premiere on CBS.
• 2000 - PB&J Otter premieres on Playhouse Disney with the episodes "Aunt Nanner's Special Place/Munchy's Sinking Feeling".
• 2004 - The That's So Raven episode "Blue in the Face" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2005
  • The Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! episode "Snowbound" premieres on ABC Family.
  • The W.I.T.C.H. episode "The Princess Revealed" premieres.
• 2006 - What About Brian (Touchstone Television) premieres on ABC.
• 2010
  • The Phineas and Ferb episodes "Invasion of the Ferb Snatchers/Ain't No Kiddie Ride" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on February 20).
  • The Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Dude Looks Like Shakira" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Suite Life on Deck episode "Rock the Kasbah" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2012 - The Kickin' It episode "We are Family" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2013 - The Henry Hugglemonster episodes "Astrobrix/The Sore Roar" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2017 - The Once Upon a Time episode "Awake" premieres on ABC.
• 2018 - The Goldie & Bear episodes "Mother Goose on the Loose/Billy the Kid" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2019 - Bless This Mess premieres on ABC.
• 2021
  • The T.O.T.S. episodes "Mommy's Special Day/All Aboard Babies" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Muppet Babies episodes "Backyard Safari/The Invisible Frog" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Raven's Home episode "Plays of Our Lives" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Sydney to the Max episode "Boy Story" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Just Roll With It episode "In Da Club" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2022
  • The Owl House episode "Them's the Breaks, Kid" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Amphibia episodes "The Root of Evil/The Core & The King" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2023
  • The second part of the Raven's Home season six premiere "European Rae-cation" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Bunk'd episode "For Letter or Worse" premieres on Disney Channel.

Streaming[ ]

• 2021
  • The Falcon and The Winter Soldier episode "Truth" premieres on Disney+.
  • Big Shot premieres on Disney+ with the episode "Pilot".
• 2025 - The following episodes of Big City Greens are released on Disney+:^{[1] [2]}
  • "Hullabaloo'd/Jaded"
  • "Dog Proof/Cricket Control"
  • "April Fool/Good Grief"
  • "Evil Family/Greens Underground"
  • "Freebie Frenzy/TP'd"
  • "Chocolate Santa /Meadow Mania "
  • "Split Decision /Skipped Over "
    • Bolded text: Episodes were released early before their scheduled premieres on Disney Channel and Disney XD.

Theme park happenings[ ]

• 2001 - The Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge opens at Walt Disney World.

Video games[ ]

• 2005 - Winnie the Pooh: The Honey Hunt for V.Smile

Home media[ ]

• 2002 - Texas Rangers (Dimension Home Video)
• 2013 - Wings of Life
• 2019 - The Kid Who Would Be King (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) (Note: The first Fox home media release to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, in spite of having to keep Fox-branded artwork.)

Comics[ ]

• 2019 - Toy Story Adventures: Volume 1

People[ ]

Births[ ]

• 1867 - Wilbur Wright † (editor, bicycle retailer/manufacturer, airplane inventor/manufacturer, pilot trainer, and historic figure)
• 1889 - Charlie Chaplin † (actor, comedian, director, composer, screenwriter, producer, and editor)
• 1921 - Peter Ustinov † (actor, writer, dramatist, and filmmaker)
• 1952 - Billy West (voice actor, comedian, musician, singer, songwriter, and former radio personality)
• 1965
  • Jon Cryer (actor, comedian, screenwriter, film director, and film producer)
  • Martin Lawrence (actor, comedian, screenwriter, film director, and film producer)
• 1993 - Chance the Rapper (rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and activist)
• 1994 - Liliana Mumy (actress and voice actress)
• 1996 - Anya Taylor-Joy (actress and voice actress)