August 2

Theatrical releases

Films

• 2002 - Signs

Television

• 2002 - The Kim Possible episode "Attack of the Killer Bebes" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2008
  • The Little Einsteins episode "Build It, Rocket!" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Phineas and Ferb episodes "Got Game?/Comet Kermillian" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2010
  • Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs to You! premieres on Disney XD.
  • The My Friends Tigger & Pooh episodes "Darby-Saurus/Darby's Im-possum-ible Case" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2013
  • The Sofia the First episode "The Buttercups" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Mickey Mouse animated short "Panda-monium" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The second part of the season one finale of Gravity Falls, "Gideon Rises", premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The A.N.T. Farm episode "angus' first movemANT" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Phineas and Ferb episode "Love at First Byte" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Fish Hooks episode "Unresolved Fishues" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2016 - The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "Galactech: The Galactech Grab/Galactech: An Admiral Rescue" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney Jr. on August 1).
• 2018 - The Bizaardvark episode "No Way, Whoa!" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2019
  • Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures concludes its second season on Disney Channel with the episodes "Hi, Jinx!/Pete's Junkyard Helpers", which is also the final episode in which the series is called Mickey and the Roadster Racers.
  • The Puppy Dog Pals episodes "Bob's Dream Vacation/The Mystery of the Missing Golf Ball" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The T.O.T.S. episodes "Back to Cool/Baby Breakdown" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The PJ Masks episode "The Splat Monster" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants 3 premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. concludes its sixth season on ABC with the episodes "The Sign" and "New Life".
• 2020 - The Elena of Avalor episode "Heart of the Jaguar" premieres on Disney Jr.
• 2021 - The Amphibia season 2 half-hour finale "True Colors" premieres on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on May 22).
• 2023 - The Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures episodes "The Girl and Her Gargantua/The Show Must Go On" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2024
  • Bunk'd ended its run on Disney Channel with the episodes "Slapshot to the Heart" and "Happy Trails".
  • The Spidey and his Amazing Friends episodes "Go Dino-Webs Go/Ghost in the Museum" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Ariel episodes "The Clean Team/Clamming Up" premiere on Disney Jr.

Streaming

• 2023 - The following Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures episodes premiere on Disney+:
  • "The Princess and the Jedi"
  • "Kai's Bad Day"
  • "Visitor's Day"
  • "The Growing Green Danger"
  • "The Ganguls"
  • "Bad Egg"
  • "Off the Rails"
  • "The Thieves of Tharnaka"
  • "Tree Troubles"
  • "Big Brother's Bounty"

Home media

• 2005 - Johnny Tremain, The Boatniks, The World's Greatest Athlete, and Toby Tyler

Books

• 2016 - Gemma and the Ultimate Standoff
• 2019 - The Story of Disneyland Paris

Video games

• 2011 - Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension is released for the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Nintendo DS in North America.

People

Births

• 1899 - Bill Roberts † (animator, director, and screenwriter)
• 1920 - Bill Scott † (voice actor, writer, and producer)
• 1932 - Peter O'Toole † (actor and voice actor)
• 1945 - Joanna Cassidy (actress)
• 1953 - Butch Patrick (former child actor)
• 1959 - Victoria Jackson (actress, voice actress, comedian, and singer)
• 1961 - Mark Moseley (actor, voice actor, radio personality, impressionist, stand-up comedian, and singer)
• 1970 - Kevin Smith (filmmaker, actor, comedian, director, producer, public speaker, comic book writer, author, and podcaster)
• 1973 - Simon Kinberg (screenwriter, director, and producer)
• 1976 - Sam Worthington (actor)
• 1977 - Artemis Pebdani (actress and voice actress)
• 2004 - Marlowe Peyton (actress and voice actress)

Deaths

• 1985 - Bob Holt (actor and voice actor)
• 2005 - Loulie Jean Norman (famous coloratura soprano)