October 2

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1953 - Football (Now and Then)

Films

• 1992 - The Mighty Ducks
• 2009 - Toy Story and Toy Story 2 are reissued as a 3-D double feature for two weeks

Television

• 1957 - The Saga of Andy Burnett premieres on ABC.
• 1959 - Part 1 of Walt Disney Presents episode "Moochie of the Little League" premieres on ABC.
• 1972 - The Mouse Factory episode "Knighthood" premieres in syndication.
• 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Duckman of Aquatraz" premieres in syndication.
• 1990 - The TaleSpin episode "A Bad Reflection on You Part 2" premieres in syndication.
• 1991 - The Darkwing Duck episode "Just Us Justice Ducks Part 1" premieres in syndication.
• 1992 - The Goof Troop episode "Shake, Rattle & Goof" premieres in syndication.
• 1993 - The Little Mermaid premieres on CBS with the episode "Save the Whale".
• 1996 - The Quack Pack episode "Pardon My Molecules" premieres in syndication.
• 1998 - The Boy Meets World episode "Her Answer" premieres on ABC.
• 1999
  • The Mickey Mouse Works episodes "Pluto Gets the Paper: Bubble Gum/Mickey Tries to Cook/Donald and the Big Nut/Topsy Turvy Town" premiere on ABC.
  • The Recess episodes "Space Cadet/Stand Up Randall" premiere on ABC.
• 2001 - Scrubs premieres on NBC.
• 2003 - The JoJo's Circus episodes "Try These on for Boing!/Happy Birthday Tater!" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
• 2004 - The Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! episode "Planetoid Q" premieres on ABC Family.
• 2008
  • The Emperor's New School premieres on the Disney Channel with the episodes "Faking the Grade/Eco Kuzco".
  • The Phineas and Ferb half-hour special "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together" premieres on Toon Disney. (originally premiered on the Disney Channel on March 8)
• 2009 - The Suite Life on Deck episode "Lost at Sea" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2011 - Shake It Up premieres on the Disney Channel with the one-hour special "Shake It Up, Up & Away".
• 2014
  • The Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja episodes "M-M-M-my Bologna/Everybody Ninj-along" premiere on Disney XD.
  • The Mickey Mouse animated short "The Boiler Room" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Dog with a Blog episode "Howloween 2: The Final Reckoning" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets World of Terror" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Jessie episode "The Runaway Bride of Frankenstein" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2015
  • The Sofia the First episode "Minding the Manor" premieres on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Henry Hugglemonster episode "Huggleween Moon" premieres on the Disney Channel.
    • The remaining episodes would premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Jessie episode "The Ghostest with the Mostest" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Descendants: Wicked World short "Audrey's New Do? New Don't!" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets World of Terror 2" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The I Didn't Do It episode "Bite Club" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Mickey Mouse animated short "Black and White" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2016
  • Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates: The Legion of Pirate Villains premieres on the Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney Jr. on October 1).
  • The Once Upon a Time episode "A Bitter Draught" premieres on ABC.
  • The K.C. Undercover episode "Virtual Insanity" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Bizaardvark episode "Puff & Frankie" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Best Friends Whenever episode "Night of the Were-Diesel" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2017 - The Vampirina episodes "Vee's Surprise Party/Vee Goes Viral" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
• 2020
  • The Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episodes "The Mystery of Hot Dog Lake!/Phantom Wing" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The T.O.T.S. episodes "A Spooky Delivery/Under One Roof" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Puppy Dog Pals episodes "221B Barker Street/Leaf It to Puppies" premiere on the Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
• 2021
  • The Ghost and Molly McGee episodes "Howlin' Harriet/The (Un)natural" premiere on the Disney Channel.
  • The third and final season of Amphibia premieres on the Disney Channel with the episode "The New Normal".
• 2022
  • The Raven's Home episode "The Girl Who Cried Tasha" premieres on the Disney Channel.
  • The Villains of Valley View episode "Havoc-ween" premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 2024
  • The Mickey Mouse Funhouse episodes "This Cat Doesn't Swim/Funhouse-made Costumes" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Playdate with Winnie the Pooh episode "Eeyore and Trick or Treat" premieres on Disney Jr.

Streaming

Films

• 2020 - Mr. Holland's Opus is added to Disney+.

Series

• 2020
  • The first season of Secrets of the Zoo: Down Under is added to Disney+.
  • Season 31 of The Simpsons is added to Disney+.
• 2024 - The Agatha All Along episode "If I Can't Reach You, Let My Song Teach You" premieres on Disney+.

Theme park happenings

• 1971 - The Admiral Joe Fowler Riverboat opens at Magic Kingdom.
• 1992 - Splash Mountain opens at Magic Kingdom.
• 1999 - Disney's Fastpass is first offered at Disneyland Paris.
• 2006 - The Year of a Million Dreams celebration starts.
• 2016 - The Muppets Present... Great Moments in American History opens at Magic Kingdom.

Home media

• 2007 - The Jungle Book: 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition
• 2012
  • Cinderella: Diamond Edition
  • People Like Us
• 2015 - Avengers: Age of Ultron

Books

• 2012
  • Phineas and Ferb Read-Along Storybook and CD: Platypus Power!
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney's Classic Animated Movie
  • 5-Minute Marvel Stories

Video game releases

• 2014 - Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX (in Japan)

Character debuts

• 2022 - Geoff, Mr. Boonchuy

Events

• 2024 - The Disney Channel/Disney XD animated series Hailey's On It! is confirmed to be cancelled after airing for one season.^[1]

People

Births

• 1908 - Roger Broggie † (mechanical engineer)
• 1951 - Sting (musician, singer, songwriter, and actor)
• 1955 - Warren Spector (video game designer, director, writer, producer, and production designer)
• 1956 - Charlie Adler (voice actor and voice director)
• 1962 - Jeff Bennett (voice actor and singer)
• 1970 - Kelly Ripa (actress, talk show host, and television producer)
• 1971 - Chris Savino (storyboard artist, writer, producer, and director)
• 1973 - Efren Ramirez (actor)
• 1984 - John Morris (actor and voice actor)
• 1986 - Camilla Belle (actress)

Deaths

• 2003 - Dale Oliver (animator)
• 2005 - Hamilton Camp (singer, songwriter, actor, and voice actor)
• 2020 - Edward S. Feldman (producer and actor)