January 8

Television

• 1967 - The Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episode, Willie and the Yank Part 1, premieres in syndication.
• 1973 - The Mouse Factory episode "Trains" premieres in syndication.
• 1978 - The Wonderful World of Disney episode, Three on the Run, premieres in syndication.
• 1999
  • The Timon & Pumbaa episodes "Luck Be a Meerkat/Just When You Thought You'd Cuisine It All" premiere on the Disney Channel.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "Cutting the Cord" premieres on ABC.
• 2006 - The Little Einsteins episode "How We Became the Little Einsteins: The True Story" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2010 - The Suite Life on Deck episode "Mother of the Groom" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2012
  • The Austin & Ally episode "Zaliens & Cloud Watchers" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Shake It Up episode "Apply It Up" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Once Upon a Time episode "Desperate Souls" premieres on ABC.
• 2016
  • The Mickey Mouse animated short "No" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets STEM" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Bunk'd episode "Counselors' Night Off" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2018
  • The Lion Guard episode "The Morning Report" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "Grendel's Moving Castle/The Great Gadfly" premiere on the Disney Channel.
• 2019 - Good Trouble premieres on Freeform.
• 2021
  • The T.O.T.S. episodes "The Super Duper Brother/The Smiley-est Shark" premiere on the Disney Channel.
  • The Muppet Babies episodes "The Copy Cub/Animal Loses It" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Mira, Royal Detective episodes "The Case of the Missing Library Book/A Double Dosa Mystery" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2024 - The third season of Spidey and his Amazing Friends premieres on the Disney Channel and Disney Junior with the episodes "The Friendly Neighborhood/Flight of the Butterflies".
• 2025
  • The Playdate with Winnie the Pooh episode "Kanga's Toy Plane" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • Shifting Gears premieres on ABC.
  • The third season of Celebrity Jeopardy! premieres on ABC.

Streaming

• 2025
  • The second season of Broken Karaoke premieres on Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Macross Plus is released on Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Macross Zero is released on Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand.

Theme parks happenings

• 2018 - California Screamin' closed in Paradise Pier.

Home media

• 2002
  • The Book of Pooh: A Valentine for Eeyore
  • The Color of Friendship
  • Miracle in Lane 2
  • Motocrossed
  • Zenon: The Zequel
• 2008 - Eagle vs Shark and Golden Door (Miramax Films)
• 2013 - Frankenweenie

Video games

• 2008 - Dance Dance Revolution Disney Channel Edition is released for PlayStation 2.

Books

• 2013 - Eye of the Dragon
• 2019
  • The Adventures of Kim Possible
  • Kim Possible: Junior Novelization

Soundtracks

• 2016 - The Lion Guard

Character debuts

• 2002 - Jumba Jookiba, Reuben, Stitch, Lilo Pelekai, Nani Pelekai, Mertle Edmonds (Disney Adventures Volume 12 Number 1)

People

Births

• 1934 - Roy Kinnear † (actor)
• 1935 - Elvis Presley † (singer and actor)
• 1947 - David Bowie † (singer, songwriter, and actor)
• 1957 - Ron Cephas Jones † (actor)
• 1971 - Zac Moncrief (producer, director, and screenwriter)
• 1987 - Cynthia Erivo (actress, singer, and songwriter)
• 1989 - Karan Soni (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
• 2000 - Noah Cyrus (actress)

Deaths

• 1982 - Reta Shaw (actress)
• 1990 - Terry-Thomas (actor)
• 1994 - Pat Buttram (actor and comedian)