1966

An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in 1966.

Theatrical releases[]

Feature films[]

February 4 - The Ugly Dachshund (premiere)
February 16 - The Ugly Dachshund
March 25 - Bambi (re-issue; this would be the last ever re-release of a film in Walt Disney's lifetime)
June 1 - Mary Poppins (re-issue)
June 29 - Lt. Robin Crusoe USN (premiere)
July 29 - Lt. Robin Crusoe USN
August 24 - Follow Me, Boys! (premiere)
September 28 - Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons (re-issue)
October 1 - The Fighting Prince of Donegal
November 18 - The Adventures of Donald Duck
December 1 - Follow Me, Boys! (the last film to be released during Walt Disney's lifetime)

Shorts[]

February 4 - Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
May 5 - Donald's Fire Survival Plan

Character debuts[]

February 4 - Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Christopher Robin, Owl, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Gopher, The Bees, Mark Garrison, Fran Garrison, Dr. Pruitt, Officer/Sgt. Carmody, Mel Chadwick, Mr. Toyama, Kenji, Judge, Milkman, Eddie, Brutus, The Dachsies
May - Emil Eagle
May 28 - Glockenspiel, Glockenspiel's Toy Soldiers, Jesters
December 18 - Dickie Duck
? - Double-O Duck and Mata Harrier, Doctor Proctor, Doctor Syclocks, Big Bertha

Theme parks[]

May 28 - It's a Small World opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
June 17 - Thomas Guy Cleveland attempted to sneak into Disneyland's Grad Nite by climbing onto the monorail track; he was struck and killed by an oncoming monorail train, which literally tore his body to shreds.

People[]

Births[]

January 13 - Patrick Dempsey (actor)
February 11 - Jennifer L. Hughes (voice actress and production assistant)
February 13 - Neal McDonough (actor and voice actor)
February 22 - Rachel Dratch (actress, comedian, producer, and writer)
February 24 - Billy Zane (actor, voice actor, and producer)
February 25 - Alexis Denisof (actor)
March 3 - Tone Lōc (rapper and actor)
March 5 - Aasif Mandvi (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
March 14 - Gary Anthony Williams (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
April 8 - Robin Wright (actress and director)
May 1 - Charlie Schlatter (actor, voice actor, and writer)
May 12 - Stephen Baldwin (actor and producer)
May 16 - Janet Jackson (singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer)
May 25 - Rick Logan (actor, voice actor, and signer)
May 26 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
June 7 - Tom McCarthy (actor, director, and screenwriter)
June 10 - Laura Silverman (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
June 27 - J. J. Abrams (film and television producer, director, screenwriter, actor, and composer)
June 28 - John Cusack (actor, producer, and screenwriter)
July 6 - Brian Posehn (actor, voice actor, musician, writer, and comedian)
July 7 - Jim Gaffigan (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
July 9 - Pamela Adlon (actress, voice actress, screenwriter, producer, and director)
July 11 - Greg Grunberg (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
July 18 - Lori Alan (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
July 29 - Richard Horvitz (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
August 1 - Daniel Gerson † (screenwriter and voice actor)
August 5 - James Gunn (director, producer, screenwriter, actor, author, and musician)
August 10 - André Sogliuzzo (voice actor)
August 14 - Halle Berry (actress, producer, director, and former fashion model)
August 22 - Brooke Dillman (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
August 31 - Matthew O'Callaghan (animator, director, and screenwriter)
September 2 - Salma Hayek (actress, director, and producer)
September 7 - Toby Jones (English actor)
September 9 - Adam Sandler (actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and producer)
September 28 - Maria Canals-Barrera (actress, voice actress, and singer)
October 6 - Jacqueline Obradors (actress and voice actress)
October 11 - Luke Perry (actor and voice actor)
October 16 - Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (voice actress, singer-songwriter, ADR director, and ADR writer)
October 17 - Mark Gatiss (actor, screenwriter, television producer, comedian, novelist, and director)
October 19 - Jon Favreau (actor, voice actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter)
October 26 - Steve Valentine (actor, voice actor, musician, and magician)
October 28 - Andy Richter (actor, writer, comedian, and talk show host)
November 2 - David Schwimmer (actor, comedian, producer, and director)
November 8 - Gordon Ramsay (chef, restauranter, and television personality)
November 19 - Jason Scott Lee (actor, voice actor, and martial artist)
November 23
- Jerome Ranft (sculptor and voice actor)
- Michelle Gomez (actress and voice actress)
November 26 - Kristin Bauer van Straten (actress)
November 28 - Martin Sherman (actor, voice actor, voice director, and writer)
December 1 - Andrew Adamson (director, producer, and screenwriter)
December 3 - Adam Berry (composer and songwriter)
December 9 - Toby Huss (actor)
December 21 - Kiefer Sutherland (actor, voice actor, producer, and director)
December 24 - Diedrich Bader (actor, voice actor, and comedian)

Deaths[]

April 28 - Jesse Marsh (comics artist, writer, and animator)
June 19
- Ed Wynn (actor and comedian)
- Pat McNalley (make-up artist)
July 3 - Deems Taylor (composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music)
July 23 - Donald Novis (singer and actor)
July 28 - Judd Conlon (musical arranger)
December 14 - Verna Felton (actress and voice actress)
December 15 - Walt Disney (founder of Walt Disney Productions, Disneyland, and Walt Disney World, co-creator and original voice of Mickey Mouse)