January 16

Theatrical releases[ ]

Shorts[ ]

• 1930 - Summer
• 1932 - The Bird Store
• 1942 - The Village Smithy
• 1956 - Cow Dog

Films[ ]

• 1963 - Son of Flubber
• 2004 - Teacher's Pet: The Movie is widely released.

Television[ ]

• 1957 - The Disneyland episode "Your Host, Donald Duck" premieres on ABC.
• 1977 - Part two of "Kit Carson and the Mountain Men" premieres on NBC.
• 1995 - The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show episodes "Bugging Out!/Night of Darkness/The Good, the Bad, and the Wiggly" premiere in syndication.
• 1998
  • The 101 Dalmatians: The Series episodes "Beauty Pageant Pandemonium/Hog-Tied" premiere in syndication.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "The Eskimo" premieres on ABC.
• 1999
  • The Recess episodes "Bad Hair Day/Dance Lessons" premiere on ABC.
  • The Pepper Ann season two finale "A No Hair Day/That's My Dad" premieres on ABC.
  • The Hercules episode "Hercules and the Green-Eyed Monster" premieres on ABC.
  • The Bear in the Big Blue House episodes "Bats are People Too/Words, Words, Words" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
  • 101 Dalmatians premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2004
  • The Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode "Bonnie & Clyde" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Kim Possible episode "Return to Camp Wannaweep" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Disney Channel Original Movie Pixel Perfect premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Fillmore! episode "A Dark Score Evened" premieres on ABC.
• 2006
  • The Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode "Lax" (Which featured a crossover with Recess) premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The That's So Raven season three finale "The Four Aces" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2009 - The Suite Life on Deck episode "Maddie on Deck" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2010 - The Imagination Movers episode "Muffin Man" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2011
  • The Hannah Montana finale "Wherever I Go" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Suite Life on Deck episode "Twister: Part 3" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • Part one of the Good Luck Charlie episode "Snow Show" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2012
  • The Phineas and Ferb episodes "Tri-Stone Area/Doof Dynasty" and "Excaliferb" premiere on Disney XD (all episodes originally premiered on Disney Channel on January 13 ("Tri-Stone Area"), January 14 ("Doof Dynasty"), and January 15 ("Excaliferb")).
  • The Phineas and Ferb episode "Phineas and Ferb and the Temple of Juatchadoon" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2015
  • The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "Journey to the Frozen Planet/Attack of the Flickorax" premiere on the Disney Jr. app before their Disney Channel airing.
  • The Dog with a Blog episode "Avery Dreams of Kissing Karl" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Jessie episode "A Close Shave" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets Master Plan" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Mickey Mouse animated short "Doggone Biscuits" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Gravity Falls episode "Blendin's Game" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on November 10, 2014).
  • The Sofia the First episode "The Leafsong Festival" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2017
  • The Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episodes "Race for the Rigatoni Ribbon!/Roaming Around Rome" and "Agent Double-O-Goof/Egg-xasperating" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • Season 3 of Kirby Buckets premieres on Disney XD with the episode "Yep, This Is Happening".
• 2018 - The K.C. Undercover episode "Revenge of the Van People" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2019 - Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts premieres on the Marvel HQ YouTube Channel.
• 2021 - The Big City Greens half-hour special "Chipocalypse Now" premieres on Disney Channel, bringing the show out of its hiatus.
• 2023
  • The Hamster & Gretel episodes "Friday Night Fright/The Earworm" premiere on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on November 19, 2022).
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Rembo/Dirt Jar" premiere on Disney XD (originally released on Disney+ on July 27, 2022 and premiered on Disney Channel on July 30, 2022).
• 2026
  • Season 5 of Phineas and Ferb will conclude simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD with the episodes "Elevator Irritator/Master of Fate" and "VENDPOCALYPSE THE MUSICAL".
  • The Hey A.J.! episodes "Keep on Truckin'/Don't Mess with AJ" will premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Spidey and his Amazing Friends episodes "Dolphins on Duty/Gobby's Trash Day Takeover" will premiere on Disney Jr.

Streaming[ ]

• 2024 - The Percy Jackson and the Olympians episode "We Take a Zebra to Vegas" premieres on Disney+.
• 2026 - The Phineas and Ferb short series Agent P, Under C will premiere on Disney+.^[1]

Online[ ]

• 2026 - The Phineas and Ferb short series Agent P, Under C will premiere on the Disney Channel Animation YouTube page.^[1]

Home video releases[ ]

• 2001
  • Pete's Dragon
  • Coyote Ugly (Touchstone Home Video)
• 2006 - Jumping Ship
• 2007
  • Read It and Weep: Zapped Edition
  • That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana: Mixed-Up Mashed-Up Edition

People[ ]

Births[ ]

• 1890 - Edna Disney † (artist and philanthropist)
• 1949 - Roger Mobley (actor)
• 1950 - Debbie Allen (actress, choreographer, dancer, television director, and television producer)
• 1968 - Atticus Ross (musician)
• 1980 - Lin-Manuel Miranda (actor, writer, composer, and rapper)
• 1983 - Marwan Kenzari (actor and comedian)
• 1995 - Parker Goris (actor and voice actor)
• 1998 - Curran Walters (actor and former model)

Deaths[ ]

• 1961 - Joseph Dubin (composer and orchestrator)
• 1964 - Cy Young (animator)
• 1974 - Ralph Hulett (watercolorist, background artist, and animator)
• 2015 - Walter Peregoy (artist, color stylist, and background artist)
• 2025
  • Bob Uecker (former baseball player, sports commentator, comedian, and actor)
  • Joan Plowright (actress and voice actress)