October 23

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1930 - The Picnic
• 1953 - Rugged Bear
• 2018 - Auntie Edna

Films

• 1941 - Dumbo
• 1998 - Life Is Beautiful (Miramax Films)
• 2005 - My Neighbor Totoro (premiered in Hollywood Film Festival)
• 2020 - The Empty Man (20th Century Studios)

Television

• 1957 - The Disneyland episode "Duck for Hire" premieres on ABC.
• 1972 - The Mouse Factory episode "The Mouse Show" premieres in syndication.
• 1982 - Walt Disney airs Epcot Center: The Opening Celebration.
• 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Home Sweet Homer" premieres in syndication.
• 1991 - The Darkwing Duck episode "Whiffle While You Work" premieres in syndication.
• 1992 - The Goof Troop episode "Goodbye Mr. Goofy" premieres in syndication.
• 1993 - The Little Mermaid premieres on CBS with the episode "Wish Upon a Starfish".
• 1996 - The Quack Pack episode "Huey Duck, P.I." premieres in syndication
• 1997 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Shape of a Bear" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 1998 - The Boy Meets World episode "Better Than the Average Cory" premieres on ABC.
• 2000 - The Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "A Zoo Out There" premieres on UPN and in syndication.
• 2004 - The Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! episode "Secret of the Sixth Monkey" premieres on ABC Family.
• 2008 - The Emperor's New School premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Kuzcokazooza/Kuzco's Little Secret".
• 2009
  • The Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Monster Hunter" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Suite Life on Deck episode "Crossing Jordin" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2010 - The Phineas and Ferb episodes "We Call it Maze/Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Max Modem!" premiere on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on October 1).
• 2011
  • The Good Luck Charlie episode "Return to Super Adventure Land" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • Once Upon a Time premieres on ABC with the episode "Pilot".
  • The Shake It Up episode "Doctor It Up" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2015
  • The Sofia the First episode "The Fliegel Has Landed" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The PJ Masks episodes "Catboy vs. Robo-Cat/Owlette and the Giving Owl" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2016
  • The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "Galactech: Still Rocketing/Merc's Night Out" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney Jr. on October 22).
  • The Once Upon a Time episode "Street Rats" premieres on ABC.
  • The Bizaardvark episode "Spoiler Alert: Belissa Returns" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2017
  • The Star Wars Rebels episode "In the Name of the Rebellion" premieres on Disney XD.
  • The Pickle and Peanut season two premiere episodes "Huge Reward/Bear-I-Cade" and "Camp/Freeway Island" premiere on Disney XD.
  • The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "Stranded in Space/Plant Transplant" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Vampirina episodes "Vampire Weekend/The Bird Who Knew Too Much" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2019 - The Elena of Avalor episode "Changing of the Guard" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2020
  • The Mira, Royal Detective episodes "Mystery at the Gymnastics Show/The Case of the Curious Confetti" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The fourth season of Puppy Dog Pals premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "The New Crew/Raiders of the Lost BARK".
  • The Vampirina episodes "Vee and the Family Stone/Twin Trouble" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Raven's Home episode "Baking Bad" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Just Roll With It episode "Shayna Pennsylvania" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2021
  • The Ghost and Molly McGee episodes "Not So Honest Abe/The Best of Nin-tensions" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney+ on October 6).
  • The Amphibia episodes "Fight at the Museum/Temple Frogs" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2024 - The Me & Winnie the Pooh episode "Winnie the Pooh Floats On A Balloon" premieres on Disney Jr.

Home media

• 1985
  • The Barefoot Executive
  • The Three Lives of Thomasina
  • The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
  • Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue
  • Now You See Him, Now You Don't
  • Those Calloways
  • Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
• 2001
  • Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition
  • Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
• 2007 - Meet the Robinsons
• 2012 - Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!

Streaming

Shorts

• 2020 - Once Upon a Snowman premieres on Disney+.

Shows

• 2024
  • The Agatha All Along episode "Death's Hand in Mine" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Primos episodes "Summer of Hacienda Chills/Summer of Los Bots" were added to Disney+.

Books

• 2001 - Cinderella: Here Comes the Bride

Video games

• 2006 - Cars is released for the Xbox 360 in North America.
• 2007 - Ratatouille: The Video Game is released for the PlayStation 3.

DVD & Blu-ray releases

• 2012 - Secret of the Wings
• 2018 - Celebrating Mickey

People

Births

• 1959
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic (singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist)
  • Sam Raimi (director, producer, writer, and actor)
• 1964 - David Sobolov (voice actor and director)
• 1982 - Bradley Pierce (actor, voice actor, producer, and cinematographer)
• 1976 - Ryan Reynolds (actor, screenwriter, producer, and businessman)
• 1986 - Emilia Clarke (actress and voice actress)
• 1988 - Ritesh Rajan (actor and voice actor)
• 1997 - Zach Callison (actor, voice actor, and singer)
• 1998 - Amandla Stenberg (actress)