March 12

Theatrical releases[ ]

Shorts[ ]

• 1943 - The Flying Jalopy

Films[ ]

• 1937 - Nancy Steele is Missing! (20th Century Fox)
• 1943 - Dixie Dugan (20th Century Fox)
• 1949 - Mother is a Freshman (20th Century Fox)
• 1954 - Stormy, the Thoroughbred (Disney)
• 1960 - Seven Thieves (20th Century Fox)
• 1964 - A Tiger Walks (Disney)
• 1990 - The Brave Little Toaster (Disney) (re-released in Washington, D.C.)
• 1993 - A Far Off Place (Disney)
• 1999 - Wing Commander (20th Century Fox) (Distribution Only)
• 2010 - Our Family Wedding (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Television[ ]

• 1958 - The final episode of The Saga of Andy Burnett premieres on ABC.
• 1989 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Dale Beside Himself" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 1999
  • The Timon & Pumbaa episodes "Hot Enough For Ya?/Werehog of London" premiere.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "Can I Help to Cheer You?" premieres on ABC.
• 2000 - The made-for-TV film Model Behavior premieres on ABC.
• 2001 - The Book of Pooh episodes "You Can Lead Eeyore to Books/The Spice of Life" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
• 2004 - The Kim Possible episode "Partners" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2005 - The W.I.T.C.H. episode "Return of the Tracker" premieres.
• 2007 - The Little Einsteins episode "The Puppet Princess" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2010 - The Phineas and Ferb half-hour special "The Beak" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on March 8).
• 2012
  • The Kickin' It episode "The Wrath of Swan" premieres on Disney XD.
  • The Zeke and Luther episode "Inside Luther's Brain" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2016 - The 7D episodes "Miss Fortune Teller/Grump-Tiki" premiere on Disney XD.
• 2017 - The Once Upon a Time episode "Murder Most Foul" premieres on ABC.
• 2018 - The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "Sidekicks For Hire/The Illumin-Aliens" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2021
  • Secrets of Sulphur Springs concludes its first season on Disney Channel with the episode "Time After Time".
  • The T.O.T.S. episodes "Pajama Party/The Bunny Bunch" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episodes "Crooner Mickey/Once Upon A Lemonade Stand" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2022
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Trivia Night/Big Trouble" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Ghost and Molly McGee episodes "Scare Tactics/The Bad Boy Bobby Daniels" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir episode "Strikeback (Hawk Moth's Final Attack, Part 2)" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2023 - The Bunk'd episodes "Shoe Drops and Chili Plops" and "Pickett Fencing" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2025 - The Playdate with Winnie the Pooh episode "Bea and the Toy Car" premieres on Disney Jr.

Streaming[ ]

• 2025
  • Win or Lose concludes on Disney+ with the episodes "I Got It" and "Home".
  • Meet the Pickles: The Making of "Win or Lose" premieres on Disney+.
  • The following episodes of Ariel are added to Disney+:
    • "The Great Big Garden Show/The Sea Sniffles"
    • "Razzle Dazzle/Fernie's Float"
    • "Jewels the Winner/Abuelita's Shawl"
    • "A Magical Achoo!/Are We There Yet?" (released before its television premiere)

VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray releases[ ]

• 2002 - Nixon - Collector's Edition
• 2013
  • Mulan: 15th Anniversary Edition 2-Movie Collection
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2-Movie Collection
  • Brother Bear 2-Movie Collection
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition
• 2024: Following the announcement that Disney is shifting home media to Sony Pictures Entertainment, the last two films released under Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment were:
  • Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Wish

Theme park happenings[ ]

• 2012 - The Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini opens at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World.
• 2013 - Fantasy Faire opens at Disneyland.
• 2017 - Miss Adventure Falls opens at Typhoon Lagoon.

People[ ]

Births[ ]

• 1911 - Joshua Meador † (animator, effects animator, special effects artist, and animation director)
• 1913 - Loulie Jean Norman † (famous coloratura soprano)
• 1929 - Billy Lee † (actor)
• 1937 - Dave Suding (animator)
• 1946 - Frank Welker (voice actor, impressionist, and former stand-up comedian)
• 1960 - Courtney B. Vance (actor)
• 1962 - Chris Sanders (director, screenwriter, producer, animator, illustrator, storyboard artist, and voice actor)
• 1969 - Jamie Thomason (voice and casting director)
• 1982 - Samm Levine (actor)
• 1983 - Ron Funches (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
• 1984 - Jaimie Alexander (actress)
• 1999 - Aleks Le (voice actor and YouTuber)

Deaths[ ]

• 1968 - Ted Osborne (writer)
• 1996 - Hazel George (lyricist and nurse)
• 2023 - Rolly Crump (Imagineer and animator)