August 21

Theatrical releases

Films

• 2019 - Ready or Not (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Theme park happenings

• 1995 - The PeopleMover closed at Disneyland.

Television

• 1999 - The Disney Channel Original Movie Genius premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2004 - Brandy & Mr. Whiskers premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "Mr. Whiskers's First Friend/The Babysitter's Flub", "To the Moon, Whiskers/Cyranosaurus Rex", "Lack of Brains vs. Brawns/The No Sleep Over", and "The Fashion Fascist/Happy Birthdays".
• 2005 - The Phil of the Future episode "Phil Without a Future" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2006 - The W.I.T.C.H. episode "K is for Knowledge" premieres.
• 2008 - The Emperor's New School premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "Kronk the Magnificent/Kamp Kuzco".
• 2009
  • The Wizards of Waverly Place season two finale "Retest" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Suite Life on Deck episode "In the Line of Duty" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2010 - The Special Agent Oso episodes "The Man with the Golden Retriever/The Chairs Are Not Enough" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
• 2011
  • The Good Luck Charlie episode "Termite Queen" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Shake It Up season one finale "Throw It Up" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2015
  • The Doc McStuffins episodes "Stuffy and Squibbles/Queen of Thrones" and "Three Goats A'Cuddlin'/Swimmer's Belly" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Mickey Mouse episode Wish Upon a Coin premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Bunk'd episode "Smells Like Camp Spirit" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets Creativity" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Dog with a Blog episode "Cat With a Blog" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2019 - The Amphibia episodes "Croak & Punishment/Trip to the Archives" premiere on Disney XD (Originally premiered on Disney Channel on July 8).
• 2020
  • Muppet Babies concludes its second season on Disney Channel with the episodes "Sherlock Nose/Block Busters".
    • The remaining episodes would premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The T.O.T.S. episodes "The Big Little Baby/The Super Secret Mission" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Puppy Dog Pals episodes "Search and Rescue/Over the Dog Park Wall" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • Sydney to the Max concludes its second season on Disney Channel with the episode "Thirteen Candles".
• 2024
  • The Playdate with Winnie the Pooh episode "Piglet and the Sleepover" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • The Me & Winnie the Pooh episode "Packing For A Pooh Bear Picnic...With Piglet!" premieres on Disney Jr.

Home media

• 2007
  • Little Einsteins: Rocket's Firebird Rescue
  • Handy Manny: Tooling Around
  • Ugly Betty: The Complete First Season
• 2012
  • The Rescuers 2-Movie Collection
  • Pocahontas 2-Movie Collection
  • The Aristocats: Special Edition
  • Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure: Special Edition
  • The Tigger Movie: Bounce-A-Rrrific Special Edition
  • Chimpanzee
  • Doc McStuffins: Friendship Is The Best Medicine
  • Revenge: The Complete First Season (ABC Studios)

Streaming

Films

• 2020 - The One and Only Ivan premieres on Disney+.

Series

• 2020
  • Muppets Now episode "Sleep Mode" premieres on Disney+.
  • One Day at Disney episode "Heather Bartleson" premieres on Disney+.
  • Weird But True! episode "National Parks" premieres on Disney+.

Online

• 2020 - The Chibi Tiny Tales Phineas and Ferb short "Rollercoaster" is released on Disney Channel's YouTube channel.

People

Births

• 1906 - Friz Freleng † (animator, cartoonist, director, and producer)
• 1916 - Bill Lee † (playback singer)
• 1929 - Vance Gerry † (storyboard artist, concept artist, and character designer)
• 1949 - Loretta Devine (actress, voice actress, and singer)
• 1960 - Bob Chapek (former chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products and CEO of The Walt Disney Company)
• 1967 - Carrie-Anne Moss (actress)
• 1978 - Christopher Willis (composer)
• 1989 - Hayden Panettiere (actress, voice actress, singer, model, and activist)
• 1999 - Maxim Knight (actor and voice actor)