February 28

Theatrical releases[ ]

Shorts[ ]

• 1942 - Pluto Junior

Films[ ]

• 2020 - Wendy (Searchlight Pictures)

Television[ ]

• 1987 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film Strange Companions premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 1988 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episode "The Great Honey Pot Robbery" premieres on ABC.
• 1993 - Bonkers premieres on the Disney Channel with the episode "Trains, Toons and Toon Trains".
• 1995 - The Aladdin episode "The Return of Malcho" premieres in syndication.
• 1997
  • Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party is aired on ABC.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "Uncle Daddy" premieres on ABC.
• 1998
  • Bug Juice premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Smell" premieres in syndication.
• 2003
  • The Lizzie McGuire episode "A Gordo Story" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The That's So Raven episode "The Parties" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2004 - The Lilo and Stich: The Series episode "Drowsy" premieres.
• 2009 - The Phineas and Ferb episodes "Day of the Living Gelatin/Elementary My Dear Stacy" premiere on Disney XD.
• 2010 - The Imagination Movers episode "Tooth Fairy" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2011
  • The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Minnie's Bow-tique" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • The Jake and the Never Land Pirates episodes "The Never Bloom!/Jake's Starfish Search" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The third and final season of Zeke and Luther premieres on Disney XD with the episode "Zeke's Last Ride".
• 2014
  • The Jake and the Never Land Pirates episodes "Jake's Mega-Mecha Sword/Tick Tock Trap/Hideout...It's Hook" premiere on Disney Jr. ("Jake's Mega-Mecha Sword" would later re-air on September 19 after "Sleeping Mermaid").
  • The Dog with a Blog episode "Stan Runs Away" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2020
  • The Muppet Babies episodes "Wocka by Fozzie/Gonzo's Clean Sweep" premiere on the Disney Channel.
  • The Fancy Nancy episodes "Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet/Operation: Fix Marabelle!" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Bunk'd episode "Town and Clown Relations" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Gabby Duran & the Unsittables episode "Vortex & Night Train" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Owl House episode "Lost in Language" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2022
  • The Mira, Royal Detective episodes "Mira's Musical Mystery Tour/The Case of the Mystery Mehfil" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Amphibia episodes "Hollywood Hop Pop/If You Give a Frog a Cookie" premiere on Disney XD (originally premiered on the Disney Channel on November 20, 2021).
  • The Ghost and Molly McGee episodes "Monumental Disaster/Talent Show" premiere on Disney XD (originally premiered on the Disney Channel on November 13, 2021).
• 2024 - The Me & Winnie the Pooh episode "Birthday Surprise" premieres on Disney Jr.
• 2025
  • The RoboGobo episodes "The Raccoons Who Cried Rescue/Jumpin' Jaguars" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Wizards Beyond Waverly Place episode "Nigh is Now!" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • Disney Channel ceased broadcasting in Brazil.

Streaming[ ]

Series[ ]

• 2020
  • Diary of a Future President episode "Foreign Relations" premieres on Disney+.
  • Disney Family Sundays episode "Lion King: Paint Pour Artwork" premieres on Disney+.
  • Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings episode "A Flashy Proposal" premieres on Disney+.
  • Imagination Movers is added to Disney+.
  • Marvel's Hero Project episode "Superior Salvador" premieres on Disney+.
  • One Day at Disney episode "Lupe de Santiago: Seamstress" premieres on Disney+.
  • Shop Class premieres on Disney+ with "Justin's Biggest Fan".
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "A Distant Echo" premieres on Disney+.
• 2024
  • Iwájú premieres on Disney+.
  • Iwájú: A Day Ahead premieres on Disney+.
  • The Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode "A Different Approach" premieres on Disney+.
• 2025 - The second half of the first season of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place is added to Disney+.

Films[ ]

• 2020
  • Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars is added to Disney+.
  • Viking Warrior Women is added to Disney+.

Character debuts[ ]

• 2020 - Emira and Edric Blight

Home media releases[ ]

• 1996 - Pocahontas
• 2006 - Lady and the Tramp: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition was released on DVD
• 2017
  • Doctor Strange
  • Mulan /Mulan II
  • Pocahontas/Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
  • The Princess and the Frog
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Signature Edition and Beauty and the Beast: 25th Anniversary Signature Edition was released on DVD

Events[ ]

• 2018 - Disney shut down its Disney Movies Anywhere website and app service platform transferring its Disney digital movie collection library content to the Movies Anywhere website and app service platform.
• 2022 - Disney would no longer be releasing films in Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine and the unfolding humanitarian crisis.

People[ ]

Births[ ]

• 1923 - Charles Durning † (actor)
• 1948 - Bernadette Peters (actress, singer, and author)
• 1949 - Danny Troob (arranger, orchestrator, musician, and composer)
• 1955 - Gilbert Gottfried † (stand-up comedian, voice actor, and actor)
• 1956 - Lloyd Sherr (comedian, voice actor, and actor)
• 1957 - John Turturro (actor, writer, and filmmaker)
• 1959 - Alison Sealy-Smith (actress)
• 1991 - Sarah Bolger (actress)

Deaths[ ]

• 2016 - Jack Lindquist (actor and former president of Disneyland)