January 9

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1928 - Harem Scarem
• 1937 - Don Donald

Television

• 1977 - Part one of "Kit Carson and the Mountain Men" premieres on NBC.
• 1991 - The TaleSpin episode "Waiders of the Wost Tweasure" premieres in syndication.
• 1995 - The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show episodes "Ow, Hey!/Darkness on the Edge of Black/For a Few Foodstamps More" premiere in syndication.
• 1998 - The Boy Meets World episode "Raging Cory" premieres on ABC.
• 1999
  • The Bear in the Big Blue House episodes "That Healing Feeling/The Tutter Family Reunion" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Hercules episode "Hercules and the Gorgon" premieres on ABC.
  • The Disney's Doug episode "Judy's Big Admission" premieres on ABC.
  • The Recess episodes "The Story of Whomps/Weekend at Muriel's" premiere on ABC.
  • The Pepper Ann episodes "Doppelganger Didi/Pepper Ann's Day Off-Kilter" premiere on ABC.
• 2004 - The Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode "Felix" premieres.
• 2009 - The Suite Life on Deck episode "The Mommy and the Swami" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2010 - The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Goofy's Super Wish" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2011
  • The Hannah Montana episode "I Am Mamaw, Hear Me Roar!" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Shake It Up episode "Wild It Up" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2015
  • The Dog with a Blog episode "Avery Makes Over Max" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The fourth and final season of Jessie premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "But Africa is So... Fari!".
  • The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets Game Night" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Mickey Mouse animated short "Goofy's First Love" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Phineas and Ferb half-hour special "Tales from the Resistance: Back to the 2nd Dimension" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on November 25, 2014).
  • The Wander Over Yonder episodes "The Date/The Buddies" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on October 17, 2014).
• 2016
  • The Sheriff Callie's Wild West episodes "Sparky Runs Wild/Milkshake Shakedown" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Doc McStuffins episodes "Blast Off to the Unknown!/Bust a Move" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2018 - The Lion Guard episode "The Golden Zebra" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2019 - Schooled premieres on ABC.
• 2023
  • The Hamster & Gretel episodes "Grounded/Sleepover with the Enemy" premieres on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on November 12, 2022).
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Listen Up!/Big Picture" premieres on Disney XD (Originally premiered on Disney Channel on July 23, 2022).
• 2024 - The Spidey and his Amazing Friends episodes "Ock's Obey Ray/Lemur At Large" premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.

Streaming

• 2023 - Koala Man
• 2024
  • The Percy Jackson and the Olympians episode "A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers" premieres on Disney+.
  • Echo premieres on Disney+ and Hulu.
  • Safe Home premieres on Hulu.
  • The second season of Synduality Noir premieres on Hulu in the United States, Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ (Star Hub) in all other regions.
• 2025
  • Shifting Gears is released on Hulu and Disney+ (Star Hub).
  • The second season of Ishura premieres on Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand.
  • The second season of UFOs: Investigating the Unknown premieres on Disney+.

Home video releases

• 1996
  • Sweetheart Stories
  • Mickey Loves Minnie
  • Favorite Stories: The Wind in the Willows
  • Aladdin & Jasmine's Moonlight Magic
• 2001 - Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
• 2007 - The Night Listener (Miramax Home Entertainment)
• 2018 - The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar: Unleash the Roar!

Video games

• 2010 - Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep is released in Japan.

Theme park happenings

• 1987 - The original Star Tours opens at Disneyland.
• 1999 - Horizons closes at Epcot.

People

Births

• 1913
  • Richard Nixon † (politician and U.S. president)
  • Donn Tatum † (businessman and entertainment industry executive)
• 1916 - Card Walker † (Walt Disney Productions executive)
• 1938 - Robert F. Brunner † (composer and songwriter)
• 1955 - J.K. Simmons (actor and voice actor)
• 1956 - Imelda Staunton (actress)
• 1961 - Candi Milo (voice actress and singer)
• 1965 - Joely Richardson (actress)
• 1967 - Dave Matthews (singer, musician, and actor)
• 1968 - Joey Lauren Adams (actress and director)
• 1998 - Kerris Dorsey (actress and singer)

Deaths

• 1992 - Claude Coats (Imagineer and background artist)
• 2022 - Bob Saget (stand-up comedian, actor, and television host)