October 16

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1923 - Alice's Wonderland
• 1931 - The Spider and the Fly

Television

• 1972 - The Mouse Factory episode "Goliath II" premieres in syndication.
• 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Pearl of Wisdom" premieres in syndication.
• 1989 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "A Case of Stage Blight" premieres in syndication.
• 1990 - The TaleSpin episode "A Baloo Switcheroo" premieres in syndication.
• 1991 - The Dinosaurs episode "Endangered Species" premieres on ABC.
• 1993 - The Little Mermaid episode "Giggles" and the Marsupilami episode "Mar-Sup-Du-Jour" premiere on CBS.
• 1996 - The Quack Pack episode "Long Arm of the Claw" premieres in syndication.
• 1998
  • The Hercules episode "Hercules and the Phil Factor" premieres in syndication.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "Friendly Persuasion" Premieres on ABC.
• 1999 - The Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show episode "Honey, We're on TV" premieres in syndication.
• 2000 - The Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "The Taking of PC-7" premieres on UPN and in syndication.
• 2004 - The Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! episode "The Sun Riders" premieres on ABC Family.
• 2009
  • The Phineas and Ferb half-hour special, "Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on October 12).
  • The Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Halloween" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The The Suite Life on Deck episode "Roomies" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2013 - Toy Story of Terror! premieres on ABC.
• 2015
  • I Didn't Do It aired its final episode on Disney Channel.
  • Part 1 of the Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets Texas" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Gravity Falls episode "Dungeons, Dungeons, & More Dungeons" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on August 3).
  • The Sofia the First episode "New Genie on the Block" premieres on Disney Junior.
• 2016 - The Once Upon a Time episode "Strange Case" premieres on ABC.
• 2017
  • The Vampirina episodes "Bone Appetit/Woodchuck Woodsies" premiere on Disney Junior.
  • The third and final season of Miles from Tomorrowland premieres on Disney Junior with the episodes "The Great Space Train Robbery/Mission Pets One".
• 2019
  • The Tangled: The Series episode "The King and Queen of Hearts" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episodes "Animal Antics/Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!" premiere on Disney Junior.
• 2020
  • Zombies: Addison's Moonstone Mystery premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episodes "Magic Tricked/Art From the Heart!" premiere on Disney Junior.
• 2021
  • The Ghost and Molly McGee episodes "Mama's Gotta Hustle/Hooray for Mollywood!" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney+ on October 6).
  • The Amphibia episodes "Thai Feud/Adventures in Catsitting" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir episode "Simpleman" premieres on Disney Channel.

Streaming

• 2020 - Clouds premieres on Disney+.

Events

• 1923 - The Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio is founded when Walt and Roy work out a contract deal with film distributor Margaret J. Winkler to produce the Alice Comedies series. The studio would eventually grow into The Walt Disney Company.
• 2023 - The Walt Disney Company will celebrate its 100th anniversary.

VHS & DVD releases

• 2007 - The Invisible (Hollywood Pictures)
• 2012 - Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Jake Saves Bucky

DVD & Blu-ray releases

• 2012 - Pete's Dragon: 35th Anniversary Edition, The Santa Clause Trilogy box set, The Santa Clause, and The Santa Clause 2

People

Births

• 1903 - Hamilton Luske (animator and film director)
• 1925 - Angela Lansbury (actress, voice actress, singer, songwriter, producer, and writer)
• 1947 - Guy Siner (actor)
• 1958 - Tim Robbins (actor, director, producer, screenwriter, activist, and musician)
• 1961 - Robert Hughes (animator, director, producer, screenwriter, and storyboard artist)
• 1962 - Flea (musician and actor)
• 1966 - Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (voice actress, singer-songwriter, ADR director, and ADR writer)
• 1968 - Todd Stashwick (actor and voice actor)
• 1975
  • Kellie Martin (actress, voice actress, and producer)
  • Alexandra Barreto (actress, producer, and writer)

Deaths

• 1975 - Don Barclay (actor, artist, and caricaturist)
• 1985 - Peter Young (screenwriter)
• 2017 - Roy Dotrice (actor)

≪

October 15

Timeline

October 17

≫