Theatrical releases
Shorts
- 1943 - Private Pluto, the first short to feature Chip and Dale, premieres. According to Shanghai Disneyland, April 2 is also their birthday.
- 1997 - Geri's Game
Films
- 1982 - Fantasia (re-release)
- 1993 - The Adventures of Huck Finn
- 2004 - Home on the Range
Television
- 1989 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Kiwi's Big Adventure" premieres on the Disney Channel.
- 1999 - The Timon & Pumbaa episodes "All Pets are Off" and "Boary Glory Days" premiere on Toon Disney.
- 2000
- Recess premieres in Japan on the Disney Channel.
- The PB&J Otter episode "The Funky Band/The Singin' Kid" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
- 2004 - The Kim Possible episode "Oh Boyz" premieres on the Disney Channel.
- 2005 - The W.I.T.C.H. episode "The Stone of Threbe" premieres.
- 2008 - The Disney Channel begins broadcasting in high definition.
- 2012
- The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Minnie and Daisy's Flower Shower" premieres on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
- The Doc McStuffins episodes "A Good Case of the Hiccups/Stuck Up" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
- The Imagination Movers episode "Snorey Morrie" premieres on Disney Jr.
- The Zeke and Luther series finale "There's No Business Like Bro Business" premieres on Disney XD.
- The Pair of Kings episode "Make Dirt, Not War" premieres on Disney XD.
- The season two premiere of Kickin' It: "Rock'em Sock'em Rudy" premieres on Disney XD.
- 2014 - Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers premieres in Japan.
- 2017 - The Once Upon a Time episode "A Wondrous Place" premieres on ABC.
- 2018 - The Lion Guard episode "The Scorpion's Sting" premieres on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
- 2020 - The Fancy Nancy episodes "Bon Voyage, Nancy!/Nancy's New Friend" premiere on the Disney Channel.
- The remaining episodes would premiere on Disney Jr.
- 2021
- The Raven's Home episode "Fresh Off the Note" premieres on the Disney Channel.
- The Sydney to the Max episode "He's All That" premieres on the Disney Channel.
- The Just Roll With It episode "A League of Their Owen" premieres on the Disney Channel.
- 2022
- The Owl House episode "Any Sport in a Storm" premieres on the Disney Channel.
- The Amphibia episodes "Sasha's Angels/Olm Town Road" premiere on the Disney Channel.
- 2023 - The Bunk'd episode "Tap'd Out" premieres on the Disney Channel.
Streaming
- 2021
- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier episode "Power Broker" premieres on Disney+.
- Higglytown Heroes is added to Disney+.
- 2023
- The first five episodes from The Ghost and Molly McGee second season are added to Disney+:
- "The New (Para)normal"
- "Book Marks the Sprite/Double, Double, Darryl & Trouble"
- "Faint of Art/A Soda to Remember"
- "A Period Place/It's Always Sunny in Sunnyland"
- "I Wanna Dance with Some-Ollie/Davenport's on Demand"
- Episodes 2-5 are released on Disney+ before Disney Channel (and Disney XD).
- The first five episodes from The Ghost and Molly McGee second season are added to Disney+:
Home media
- 2002
- Three Fugitives
- Three Men and a Baby
- Three Men and a Little Lady
- Chasing Amy
- Evita
- Dick Tracy
- Enemy of the State
- Six Days, Seven Nights
- Mr. Holland's Opus
- While You Were Sleeping
- Taking Care of Business
- Holy Man
- Tin Men
- The Insider
- Turner & Hooch
- Rounders
- Ruthless People
- 2013 - The Avengers: 10-Disc Blu-ray Collection
Video games
- 2007 - Herbie Rescue Rally is released in North America.
- 2009 - Dance Dance Revolution Disney Grooves is released for Wii.
Events
- 1934 - Ward Kimball begins working at the Disney Studio as an apprentice.
Theme park happenings
- 2001 - Spectromagic returns to Magic Kingdom.
- 2007 - Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor opens at Magic Kingdom.
- 2012 - Tokyo Disneyland's version of Star Tours has its last day.
- 2016 - Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show had its final performances at Disney's Hollywood Studios and a majority of the Streets of America area was removed to make way for Star Wars Land and Toy Story Land. Dream Along with Mickey also had its final performances to make way Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire that summer. Super Hero HQ also closed at Disneyland. Spider-Man and Captain America were then relocated to Disney California Adventure.
- 2023
- Disney Enchantment gives its final performance at Magic Kingdom.
- HarmonioUS gives its final performance at Epcot.
Books
People
Births
- 1805 - Hans Christian Andersen † (author)
- 1898 - Earl Duvall † (artist and animator)
- 1908 - Buddy Ebsen † (actor and dancer)
- 1914 - Alec Guinness † (actor)
- 1916 - Don Duckwall † (producer and director)
- 1927 - Ken Sansom † (actor and voice actor)
- 1945 - Linda Hunt (actress and voice actress)
- 1956 - Martin Olson (comedy writer, television producer, author, stage director, composer, playwright, and poet)
- 1962
- Clark Gregg (actor, screenwriter, and director)
- Michael Rooney (choreographer)
- 1973 - Roselyn Sánchez (actress, producer, writer, singer-songwriter, and model)
- 1975
- Deedee Magno Hall (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- Pedro Pascal (actor)
- 1976 - Aaron Lohr (actor and singer)
- 1977 - Michael Fassbender (actor)
- 1988 - Jesse Plemons (actor)
- 1999 - Sophie Reynolds (actress and voice actress)
Deaths
- 2011 - Collin Campbell (artist and imagineer)
- 2013 - Jane Henson (puppeteer and wife of Jim Henson)
- 2022 - Estelle Harris (actress, voice actress, and comedian)