July 17

Theatrical releases

Films

• 1943 - Victory Through Air Power
• 1961 - Greyfriars Bobby
• 1992 - Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
• 1999 - My Neighbors the Yamadas (Studio Ghibli)
• 2009 - Chéri (Miramax Films)
• 2010 - The Secret World of Arietty (Studio Ghibli)
• 2011 - From Up on Poppy Hill (Studio Ghibli)
• 2015 - Ant-Man (Marvel Studios)

Television

• 1993 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film Hocus Pocus premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2000 - The Recess season four finale "Old Folks Home/Some Friend" premieres on UPN and in syndication.
• 2005 - The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Hotel" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2006
  • The JoJo's Circus episode "Princess for a Day" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
  • The W.I.T.C.H. episode "F is for Facades" premieres.
• 2009 - The Wizards of Waverly Place/The Suite Life on Deck/Hannah Montana crossover "Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana" premieres on the Disney Channel, which also ends the first season of The Suite Life on Deck.
• 2010 - The Special Agent Oso episodes "Dr. Go/For Your Bed Only" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
• 2015
  • The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "Lunar New Year/The Hoverbike Diaries" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Dog with a Blog episode "Guess Who's Dating Karl" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The third season of Mickey Mouse premieres on the Disney Channel with the short "Coned!".
  • The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets the New Teacher" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Star vs. the Forces of Evil episodes "Cheer Up Star/Quest Buy" premiere on the Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on April 13).
  • The Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero episodes "Defending the Earth/Number One, Number Two" premiere on the Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on March 16).
• 2016
  • The Lion Guard episode "Too Many Termites" premieres on the Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney Jr. on July 15).
  • The K.C. Undercover episode "Catch Him If You Can" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Bizaardvark episode "Frankie Has a Hater" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2017 - The Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero episodes "A Tale of Two Wizards/Rockullan, Papyron, Scissorian" premiere on Disney XD.
• 2018 - The Stuck in the Middle episode "Stuck in Dad's Birthday" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2019
  • The Amphibia episodes "Children of the Spore/Anne of the Year" premiere on the Disney Channel.
  • The Just Roll With It episode "Karate Wars IV: Dawn of the Karate Wars" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2020
  • The Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episodes "Mickey's Roommate/Minnie's Bow-tel!" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Mira, Royal Detective episodes "The Mystery of One Angry Chicken/A Tiny Tune Mystery" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Puppy Dog Pals episodes "Suitcase Switcheroo/More Cowbell for Bob" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Rocketeer episode "The Christmas Star" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • The Sydney to the Max episode "Rock the Float" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Coop & Cami Ask the World episode "Would You Wrather Be the Wagners?" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2021 - The Owl House episode "Hunting Palismen" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2024 - Season 1 of Pupstruction concludes on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr. with the episode "The Petsburg Music Festival".

Streaming

Series

• 2020
  • Disney Family Sundays episode "Tamatoa Photo Holder" premieres on Disney+.
  • It's a Dog's Life with Bill Farmer episode "Hawaiian Conservation Dogs & Snake Search Dogs" premieres on Disney+.
  • One Day at Disney episode "Mike Davie: Imagineering Project Manager" premieres on Disney+.

Character debuts

• 2015 - Gong Gong and Po Po
• 2021 - Hunter (The Golden Guard unmasked), Flapjack

Home media

• 1992 - The Great Mouse Detective, Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Swiss Family Robinson, and The Marrying Man
• 2001 - Flash, My Date with the President's Daughter, The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart, and Double Take
• 2018
  • Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin: 20th Anniversary Edition (Disney Movie Club Exclusive re-release)
  • Piglet's Big Movie: 15th Anniversary Edition (Disney Movie Club Exclusive re-release)

Theme parks

• 1955: Disneyland opens to the press and invited guests. While 11,000 guests were invited, upwards of 28,000 guests arrived, many using counterfeit tickets to enter the park. July 17, 1955 is often referred to as the "Black Sunday" due to all of the mishaps that day. The following attractions and shows opened along with Disneyland:
  • Autopia
  • Canal Boats of the World (now Storybook Land Canal Boats)
  • Circarama (later Circle-Vision 360)
  • Disneyland Railroad
  • Dutch Boy Paint Color Gallery
  • Golden Horseshoe Saloon
  • Horse-Drawn Street Cars
  • Jungle Cruise
  • Kaiser's Hall of Aluminum Fame
  • King Arthur Carrousel
  • Mad Tea Party
  • Main Street Cinema
  • Main Street Vehicles
  • Mark Twain Riverboat
  • Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
  • Monsanto Hall of Chemistry
  • Mule Pack
  • Peter Pan's Flight
  • Sleeping Beauty Castle (walkthrough added April 27, 1957)
  • Snow White's Adventures
  • Space Station X-1/Satellite View of America
  • The World Beneath Us
• 1980: Disneyland's 25th Birthday Party.
• 1989: Splash Mountain opens at Disneyland.
• 2015: Stitch Encounter opened in Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland.
  • Disneyland's 60th Anniversary

Music

Albums

• 2015 - The Ant-Man Soundtrack was released digitally.

People

Births

• 1917 - Phyllis Diller † (actress, voice actress, and stand-up comedian)
• 1929 - Helene Stanley † (actress, singer, and model)
• 1952 - David Hasselhoff (actor, singer, producer, and businessman)
• 1968 - Beth Littleford (actress, voice actress, comedian, and television personality)
• 1980 - Philip Lawrence (songwriter, record producer, and voice actor)
• 1992 - Billie Lourd (actress)

Deaths

• 1971 - Cliff Edwards (singer, actor, and voice actor)
• 1992 - Larry Roberts (actor and fashion designer)
• 2009 - Walter Cronkite (broadcast journalist)
• 2010 - Pres Romanillos (animator)
• 2018 - Dennis Day (actor, singer, dancer, theater director, and Mouseketeer)