December 5

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1930 - Pioneer Days
• 1941 - Chef Donald

Films

• 1991 - Beauty and the Beast is released in Cambodia.
• 1997 - Good Will Hunting (Miramax Films)
• 2003 - Finding Nemo is released in Italy.

Television

• 1981 - A Magical Disney Christmas premieres on CBS.
• 1987
  • The Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "The Knights of Gummadoon" premieres on NBC.
  • The Christmas Visitor premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 1992
  • The Darkwing Duck episode "Malice's Restaurant" premieres on ABC.
  • The Goof Troop episode "From Air to Eternity" premiere on ABC.
  • The Marsupilami episode "Prime Mates Forever" premieres on CBS.
  • The Little Mermaid series finale episode "Eel-Ectric City" premieres on CBS.
  • The Goof Troop special "Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas" premieres in syndication.
• 1997
  • The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Ocean Exploration" premieres in syndication.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "Last Tango in Philly" premieres on ABC.
• 1998
  • The Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show episode "Honey, the Bunny Bit It" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Pepper Ann episode "Framed" premieres on ABC.
• 2003
  • The JoJo's Circus episodes "Mirror Mirror/Trina Trips Up" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Kim Possible episode "A Very Possible Christmas" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode "Topper" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The That's So Raven episode "Escape Claus" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Proud Family episode "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2005
  • The Little Einsteins episode "The Good Knight and the Bad Knight" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
  • The JoJo's Circus episodes "Quiet Magic/Too Many Toys" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
• 2008
  • The Phineas and Ferb half-hour special "Out to Launch" premieres on Disney Channel. It would be the last to be seen on that channel first until July 2010.
  • The Suite Life on Deck episode "Boo You" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2009
  • The Special Agent Oso episodes "For Your Ice Only/Coldfingers" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Imagination Movers episode "Happy Ha-Ha Holidays" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2010
  • The Hannah Montana episode "Can You See the Real Me?" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Shake It Up episode "Kick It Up" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Sonny with a Chance episode "Sonny with a Grant" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2011 - Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice premieres on ABC.
• 2013 - The Once Upon a Time in Wonderland episode "Bad Blood" premieres on ABC.
• 2014
  • The Jake and the Never Land Pirates episode "Captain Scrooge" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Minnie's Winter Bow Show" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • The Doc McStuffins episodes "The Flimsy Grumpy Bat/Rockstar Ruby and the Toys" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • Sheriff Callie's Wild West concludes its first season on Disney Channel with the episodes "Hike to Wish Mountain/Rhymin' Rodeo".
  • The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets Home for the Holidays" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Dog with a Blog episode "Stan Steals Christmas" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Star Wars Rebels episode "Fighter Flight" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on demand on October 13 and on Disney XD on October 20).
  • Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero premieres on Disney XD with the episode "North Pole Down".
• 2016 - The Disney Magic Moments episode "Die fantasievollsten Welten" premieres on Disney Channel Germany.
• 2022 - The Big City Greens Christmas special "Virtually Christmas" premieres on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on December 3).
• 2024
  • The Kindergarten: The Musical episodes "A Winter’s Walrus/One Holiday More" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Pupstruction episodes "A Very Merry Christmas Tree/Mountain Dogs" premiere on Disney Jr.

Events

• 1984 - Disney Television Animation is established as a subsidiary of Walt Disney Productions.

Theme Park Events

• 2019 - Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opens up at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World, therefore finishing up the land after 4 years of construction.

VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K releases

• 2000 - Gone in 60 Seconds (Touchstone Home Video)
• 2006
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • High School Musical: 2-Disc Remix Edition
  • Disney DVD Game World: Disney Dogs Edition and Disney Princess Edition
• 2023 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Video games

• 2014 - Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX is released in Europe.
• 2024 - Disney Melee Mania sunsetted after almost three years.

People

Births

• 1901 - Walt Disney † (founder of Walt Disney Productions, Disneyland, and Walt Disney World and co-creator and original voice of Mickey Mouse)
• 1932 - Little Richard † (singer, actor, and musician)
• 1950 - Nick Jameson (actor, voice actor, songwriter, composer, musician, and producer)
• 1955 - Richard Gibbs (composer, producer, conductor, and musician)
• 1957 - Thomas Schumacher (theatrical producer)
• 1968 - Margaret Cho (actress and comedian)
• 1976 - Amy Acker (actress)
• 1979 - Nick Stahl (actor)
• 1980 - Jessica Paré (actress, voice actress, and singer)
• 1982 - Gabriel Luna (actor and producer)
• 1985 - Frankie Muniz (actor, voice actor, musician, writer, producer, race car driver, and band manager)

Deaths

• 1791 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer)
• 1870 - Alexandre Dumas (writer)
• 2022 - Kirstie Alley (actress and spokesmodel)