January 15

Theatrical releases[ ]

Shorts[ ]

• 1925 - Alice the Toreador
• 1926
  • Alice's Balloon Race
  • Alice's Orphan
• 1943 - Education for Death
• 1954 - Spare the Rod

Television[ ]

• 1958 - The Walt Disney Presents episode "Donald's Weekend" premieres on ABC.
• 1973 - The Mouse Factory episode "Homes" premieres in syndication.
• 1989 - Part 1 of Wild Jack premieres on NBC.
• 1999 - The Timon & Pumbaa episodes "Lemonade Stand Off" and "Big Jungle Game" premiere.
• 2000
  • The Recess episodes "The Barnaby Boys" and "Buried Treasure" premiere on ABC.
  • The Pepper Ann episodes "Effie Shrugged" and "Mom Knows What P.A. Did Two Nights Ago" premiere on ABC.
• 2007 - The That's So Raven episode "Teacher's Pet" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2010
  • The Phineas and Ferb episodes "What Do It Do?/Atlantis" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on November 14, 2009).
  • The Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Alex Charms a Boy" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Suite Life on Deck episode "The Defiant Ones" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2011 - The Suite Life on Deck episode "Twister: Part 2" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2012
  • The Phineas and Ferb half-hour special "Excaliferb" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Austin & Ally episode "Bloggers & Butterflies" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Once Upon a Time episode "True North" premieres on ABC.
• 2016 - The Lion Guard premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "Never Judge a Hyena by its Spots" and "The Rise of Makuu" (the latter episode originally premiered as a prelude on December 14, 2015).
• 2017 - Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures (then known as Mickey and the Roadster Racers) premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "Mickey's Wild Tire!/Sittin' Kitty" and "Goofy Gas!/Little Big Ape".
• 2018
  • The Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episodes "Hot Dog Daze Afternoon/Super Sweet Helpers" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The second season of PJ Masks premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "Moonfizzle Balls/Soccer Ninjalinos".
  • The Andi Mack episode "Head Over Heels" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The K.C. Undercover episode "Second Chances" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2021
  • The Puppy Dog Pals episodes "New Year, New Bob/All for Show" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • Secrets of Sulphur Springs premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "Once Upon a Time", "Somewhere In Time", and "Straight Outta Time".
  • The fifth season of Bunk'd premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Lou's Still the Boss, but Now There's a Ross".
• 2024 - The PJ Masks episode "Heroes of Space" premieres on Disney Jr.

Streaming[ ]

Series[ ]

• 2021
  • The third and final season of Elena of Avalor is added to Disney+.
  • WandaVision premieres on Disney+ with the episodes "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience" and "Don't Touch That Dial".

Films[ ]

• 2021 - Mary Poppins Returns is added to Disney+.

Home media[ ]

• 2002
  • Bubble Boy (Touchstone Home Video)
  • Newsies
  • The Adventures of Huck Finn
  • Tron 20th Anniversary Edition
  • The Sixth Sense and Tombstone Director's Cut on Vista Series DVD (Hollywood Pictures Home Video)
• 2019
  • Doctor Strange (Marvel Studios) (general re-release)

Theme park happenings[ ]

• 1975 - Space Mountain and Carousel of Progress open at Magic Kingdom.
• 1986 - The Living Seas opens at Epcot.

Character debuts[ ]

• 2016 - Jasiri, Thurston, Mbeya
• 2017 - Billy Beagle, Mayor McBeagle

People[ ]

Births[ ]

• 1905 - Allie Wrubel † (composer, songwriter, and musician)
• 1947 - Andrea Martin (actress, voice actress, comedian, singer, and author)
• 1957 - David Pruiksma (animator)
• 1960 - Kelly Asbury † (story supervisor)
• 1971
  • Regina King (actress)
  • Eric Jacobson (puppeteer)
• 1985 - Cynthia Kaye McWilliams (actress and voice actress)
• 1988 - Skrillex (DJ, musician, record producer, singer, and songwriter)
• 1996 - Dove Cameron (actress, voice actress, and singer)
• 2004 - Grace VanderWaal (singer, songwriter and actress)

Deaths[ ]

• 1974 - C.O. Slyfield (sound engineer)
• 1987 - Ray Bolger (actor, singer, and dancer)
• 1993 - Sammy Cahn (lyricist, songwriter, and musician)
• 2005 - Dan Lee (animator)
• 2021 - Dale Baer (animator)