March 20

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1921 - Newman Laugh-O-Grams
• 1942 - Symphony Hour

Films

• 1981 - Amy
• 1998 - Wide Awake (Miramax Films)

Television

• 1957 - The Disneyland episode "The Adventure Story" premieres.
• 1998 - The Boy Meets World episode "Eric Hollywood" premieres on ABC.
• 2005 - The JoJo's Circus episode "The Mane Event" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2006
  • The Little Einsteins episode "O Yes, O Yes, It's Springtime!" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
  • JoJo's Circus concludes its second season on Playhouse Disney with the episode "Simply Ear-Resistible".
  • The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode "Forever Plaid" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2010 - The Handy Manny episode "Handy Manny: Big Race" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2011
  • The Good Luck Charlie episode "Duncan vs. Duncan" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Shake It Up episode "Hot Mess It Up" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2014 - The Once Upon a Time in Wonderland episode "Heart of the Matter" premieres on ABC.
• 2015 - The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "Happy Captain's Day/Planet of the Plants", "Downsized/Ride of the Quarkons", and "To the Goldilocks Zone/Hiccup in the Plan" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2016
  • The Best Friends Whenever episode "Jump to the 50's" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Ultimate Spider-Man episode "Double Agent Venom" premieres on Disney XD.
  • The Once Upon a Time episode "Devil's Due" premieres on ABC.
  • The K.C. Undercover episode "Rebel with a Cuz" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Liv and Maddie episode "Dream-a-Rooney" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2017 - The Milo Murphy's Law episode "Battle of the Bands" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2020
  • The T.O.T.S. episodes "Night at the Nursery/Seas the Day" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Puppy Dog Pals episodes "The House that Bulworth Built!/Moon Rescue Mission" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • Mira, Royal Detective premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "The Case of the Royal Scarf/The Case of the Missing Bicycle" and "Mystery at the Puppet Show/The Mystery of the New Kid".
  • Descendants Remix Dance Party premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Bunk'd episode "Party Pooper" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • Gabby Duran & the Unsittables concludes its first season on Disney Channel with the episode "Enter the Dranis".
  • The Owl House episode "Escape of the Palisman" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2021
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Ding Dongers/Animation Abomination" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Amphibia episode "The First Temple" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2023
  • The Hamster & Gretel episodes "For Whom the Belle Trolls/An Arthouse Divided" premiere on Disney XD (originally released on Disney+ on February 8 and premiered on Disney Channel on February 11).
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Honey Heist/Dog Mayor" premiere on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on March 11).
• 2024 - The Me & Winnie the Pooh episode "Eeyore's Morning Affirmations" premieres on Disney Jr.

Streaming

Films

• 2025 - O'Dessa premieres on Hulu and Disney+ (Star Hub).

Series

• 2020
  • The Diary of a Future President episode "Two Party System" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Disney Family Sundays episode "Winnie the Pooh: Flower Pots" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Disney Insider episode "Aloha Idol, Singing Stargirl, Creating Onward" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings episode "Wedding GOALS!" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Marvel's Hero Project episode "High-Flying Hailey" premieres on Disney+.
  • The One Day at Disney episode "David Muir: World New Tonight Anchor" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Shop Class episode "Bridge or Bust" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Gone With a Trace" premieres on Disney+.
• 2024
  • X-Men '97 premieres on Disney+ with the episodes "To Me, My X-Men/Mutant Liberation Begins".
  • The Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode "Bad Territory" premieres on Disney+.

Home media

• 2001
  • The Sword in the Stone
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks: 30th Anniversary Edition
  • The Crow Trilogy (The Crow, The Crow: City of Angels and The Crow: Salvation) on DVD (Miramax/Dimension Home Entertainment)
  • The Crow: Salvation
  • Remember the Titans
  • Toy Story
  • Toy Story 2
  • Alley Cats Strike
• 2007
  • Invincible (Last Disney film overall released on VHS)
  • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt
• 2012
  • The Muppets
  • The Secret Life Of The American Teenager: Volume Seven (ABC Family)
• 2018 - Mary and the Witch's Flower is released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and a collector's edition (containing a 4K Blu-Ray copy) in Japan by Walt Disney Japan Co, Ltd.

Events

• 2019 - Disney acquires the rights to 21st Century Fox leaving out a few assets to be spun-off to Fox Corporation.

People

Births

• 1922 - Carl Reiner † (actor, voice actor, director, producer, writer, and comedian)
• 1946 - Douglas Bruce Green (singer, songwriter, and musician)
• 1948 - John de Lancie (actor, director, producer, writer, singer, musician, and voice artist)
• 1950 - William Hurt † (actor)
• 1957 - Chris Wedge (film director, film producer, screenwriter, cartoonist, actor, and voice actor)
• 1958 - Holly Hunter (actress and producer)
• 1963 - David Thewlis (actor, voice actor, author, director, and screenwriter)
• 1970
  • Linda Larkin (actress and voice actress)
  • Andrew Kishino (actor, voice actor, and rapper)
• 1982 - Erica Luttrell (actress and voice actress)
• 1984 - Christy Carlson Romano (actress, voice actress, and singer)