April 5

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1930 - The Barnyard Concert
• 1940 - Donald's Dog Laundry
• 2012 - The Art of Vacationing

Films

• 1938 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is released in Canada.
• 1962 - Moon Pilot
• 1991 - The Marrying Man
• 2001 - Recess: School's Out is released in Peru.
• 2024 - The First Omen (20th Century Studios)

Television

• 1972 - The Mouse Factory episode "Homeowners" premieres in syndication.
• 1998 - PB&J Otter premieres on Playhouse Disney with the episodes "Invitation to the Snooties/Too Hot for Fishsicles".
• 2001 - The Disney Channel debuts in Brazil.
• 2002 - The Disney Channel Original Movie Tru Confessions premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2008
  • The Johnny and the Sprites episodes "Johnny's Troll Trouble/Basil the Dogsitter" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
  • The BunnyTown episode "Bunnytown Babbles" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2009
  • The Special Agent Oso episodes "Live and Jump Rope/A View to a Kitten" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Alex Does Good" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2010 - The Zeke and Luther episode "Luther Unleashed" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2011 - The Special Agent Oso episodes "License to Order/Table Manners Are Forever" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2012
  • The Doc McStuffins episodes "Rest Your Rotors, Ronda/Keep on Truckin'" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Imagination Movers episode "Nina's Day Off" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • Scandal premieres on ABC.
• 2013
  • The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Daisy's Pony Tale" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • Henry Hugglemonster premieres as a sneak preview on the Disney Channel with the episode "Promises Promises"; the series would officially premiere on April 15 on Disney Jr. and start airing regularly on the Disney Channel on September 3.
  • The Jessie episode "To Be Me or Not to Be Me" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Gravity Falls episode "Carpet Diem" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2016 - The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "Spacetime" premieres on ABC.
• 2018 - The Lion Guard episode "Undercover Kinyonga" premieres on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
• 2019
  • The Puppy Dog Pals episodes "What to Expect When You're Egg-specting/Ruffin' It" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episodes "Mickey's Spring Grand Prix/My Little Daisy" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Fancy Nancy episodes "Nancy's Friendship Faux Pas/Nancy's Parcel Purrrsuit" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Sydney to the Max episode "Caved & Confused" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2020
  • The Raven's Home episode "On Edge" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Just Roll With It episode "Grandpa Gets Grounded" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2021
  • The Vampirina episodes "Making a Splash/The Spelling Vee" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The second and final season of Mira, Royal Detective premieres on Disney Jr. with the episodes "The Case of the Cunning Chameleon/The Great Polo Mystery".
• 2024
  • Season 2 of Monsters at Work premieres on the Disney Channel with the episodes "A Monstrous Homecoming/The C.R.E.E.P. Show".
  • Season 2 of SuperKitties premieres on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr. with the episodes "Jumbo Rat/New Friend Fiasco".
  • The Pupstruction episodes "Pup Princess/Trash Truck Pups" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
• 2025
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Evil Family/Greens Underground" premiere simultaneously on the Disney Channel and Disney XD.
  • The Kiff episodes "Up All Night/Rotten Banana" premiere simultaneously on the Disney Channel and Disney XD.
  • The StuGo episodes "PANTelevision/Infinity Braid" premiere simultaneously on the Disney Channel and Disney XD.

Streaming

• 2022
  • The following episodes of The Ghost and Molly McGee are added to Disney+:
    • "Ice Princess/Ready, Set, Snow!"
    • "Game Night/The Don't-Gooder"
    • "Innocent Until Proven Ghostly/Twin Trouble"
    • "Goat Your Own Way/A Very Hungry Ghost"
    • "Scare Tactics/The Bad Boy Bobby Daniels"
• 2023 - The Mandalorian episode "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire" premieres on Disney+.

Video games

• 2022 - LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Theme park happenings

• 1956 - The Bathroom of Tomorrow, sponsored by the Crane Company, opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
• 1998 - The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) opens at the Magic Kingdom.
• 2006 - Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour closes at Tokyo Disneyland; the very first Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique opens at Walt Disney World's Downtown Disney Marketplace.
• 2008 - The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror officially opens at Walt Disney Studios Paris.
• 2022 - Toy Story Hotel opens at Tokyo Disney Resort.

VHS and DVD Releases

• 1994
  • Alvin and the Chipmucks SING-ALONGS: Working on the Railroad
  • Alvin and the Chipmucks: School's Out for Summer
• 2005 - Sacred Planet

DVD and Blu-ray releases

• 2011 - Tron: Legacy and Tron: The Original Classic
• 2016 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Books

• 2016 - Astra's Mixed-Up Mission
• 2022
  • The Lion King: The Full Film Script
  • The Little Mermaid: The Full Film Script

People

Births

• 1908 - Bette Davis † (actress)
• 1910 - Richard Irvine † (art director and Imagineer)
• 1918 - Faz Fazakas † (special effects designer and puppeteer)
• 1929 - Nigel Hawthorne † (actor)
• 1930 - Mary Costa (singer and actress)
• 1976 - Sterling K. Brown (actor and voice actor)
• 1982 - Hayley Atwell (actress)
• 1989 - Lily James (actress)

Deaths

• 2008 - Charlton Heston (actor and voice actor)