April 17

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1931 - Mother Goose Melodies
• 1937 - Mickey's Amateurs

Films

• 1980 - The Watcher in the Woods (Disney)
• 2015 - Monkey Kingdom (Disneynature)
• 2019
  • Breakthrough (20th Century Fox/Fox 2000 Pictures)
  • Kalank (Fox Star Studios)
  • Penguins (Disneynature)

Television

• 1994 - The Aladdin episode "To Cure a Thief" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2006 - The Little Einsteins episode "A Tall Totem Tale" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2009 - The Suite Life on Deck episode "Splash & Trash" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2010
  • The Special Agent Oso season one finale episodes "Recycling is Forever/Goldswinger" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Handy Manny episodes "The Earth Day Challenge/Dario Dance" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Imagination Movers episode "Power Play" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2013 - The Henry Hugglemonster episodes "Runaway Dough/The Copymonster" premiere on Disney Junior.
• 2015
  • The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "Adventures in Robot-Pet Sitting/The Great Blastboard Chase" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Jessie episode "What a Steal" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Girl Meets World special "Girl Meets Demolition" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Dog with a Blog episode "Stan Gets Married" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Gravity Falls episodes "Northwest Mansion Mystery/Not What He Seems" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on March 9).
• 2016
  • The Once Upon a Time episode "Ruby Slippers" premieres on ABC.
  • The Best Friends Whenever episode "Diesel Gets Lost in Time" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The K.C. Undercover episode "Accidents Will Happen" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Binny and the Ghost episode "School Break-In" premieres on Disney Channel Germany.
• 2017 - MECH-X4 premieres on Disney XD.
• 2020
  • The Muppet Babies episodes "Best Friends Fixer Uppers/Gonzo's Coop Dreams" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Mira, Royal Detective episodes "The Mongoose Cousin Mystery/The Marble Egg Mystery" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Rocketeer episodes "Super Deany/Dr. Doodlebug's Fair Game" premiere on Disney Junior.
• 2021 - The Amphibia episodes "Bessie & MicroAngelo/The Third Temple" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2023 - The Hamster & Gretel episodes "My Invisible Friend/The Bitter Sitter" premieres on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on March 11).

Online

• 2022 - The Chibi Tiny Tales Amphibia short "Selfie Safari" is released on Disney Channel's YouTube channel.

Streaming

Series

• 2020
  • The Be Our Chef episode "Curiouser and Curiouser" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Disney Family Sundays episode "Finding Nemo: Terrarium" premieres on Disney+.
  • The One Day at Disney episode "Steve Sligh: Gold Oak Ranch Manager" premieres on Disney+.
  • Shop Class episode "Build Your Own Adventure" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Old Friends Not Forgotten" premieres on Disney+.
• 2024
  • The X-Men '97 episode "Lifedeath Pt. 2" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode "Into the Breach" premieres on Disney+.

Soundtrack releases

• 2007 - The Invisible (Hollywood Pictures)

Comic releases

• 1934 - The Captive Castaways (final release)

Theme park happenings

• 2012 - The Orange Bird returns to the Sunshine Tree Terrace in the Magic Kingdom.

People

Births

• 1918 - Anne Shirley † (actress)
• 1933 - Ron W. Miller † (former president & CEO of The Walt Disney Company from 1978 to 1984, and The Walt Disney Family Museum's President of the director's board)
• 1952 - Joe Alaskey † (stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and impressionist)
• 1963 - Joel Murray (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
• 1972 - Jennifer Garner (actress and film producer)
• 2002 - Justin Felbinger (actor and voice actor)

Deaths

• 1790 - Benjamin Franklin (inventor, scientist, and politician)

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