October 30

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1930 - Winter

Films

• 1963 - The Incredible Journey
• 2005 - Chicken Little premieres at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California.
• 2013 - Thor: The Dark World is released in France, the Philippines, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.

Television

• 1972 - The Mouse Factory episode "Cats" premieres in syndication.
• 1977 - The Wonderful World of Disney episode "Halloween Hall o' Fame" premieres on NBC.
• 1982 - Walt Disney airs "Disney's Halloween Treat".
• 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Scrooge's Pet" premieres in syndication.
• 1990 - The TaleSpin episode "Feminine Air" premieres in syndication.
• 1991 - The Dinosaurs episode "When Food Goes Bad" premieres on ABC.
• 1992
  • The Goof Troop episode "In Goof We Trust" premieres in syndication.
  • The Dinosaurs episode "Little Boy Boo" premieres on ABC.
• 1993
  • The Little Mermaid episode "Tail of Two Crabs" premieres on CBS.
  • The Marsupilami episodes "Mars' Problem Pachyderm/Night of the Living Shnookums" premiere on CBS.
• 1995 - The Brotherly Love episode "Witchcraft" premieres on NBC.
• 1996 - The Quack Pack episode "Recipe for Adventure" premieres in syndication.
• 1997
  • The 101 Dalmatians: The Series episodes "Fountain of Youth/Walk a Mile in My Tracks" premiere in syndication.
  • The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "What's in the Mail, Today?" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 1998
  • The Hercules episode "Hercules and the Trojan War" premieres in syndication.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "Hogs and Kisses" premieres on ABC.
• 1999 - The Mickey Mouse Works episodes "Mickey to the Rescue: Staircase/How to Haunt a House/Mickey's Mechanical House/Hansel and Gretel" premiere on ABC.
• 2000 - The Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Dirty Work" premieres on UPN and in syndication.
• 2004 - The Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! episode "Pit of Doom" premieres on ABC Family.
• 2009
  • The Phineas and Ferb episodes "Bubble Boys/Isabella and the Temple of Sap" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on October 17).
  • The Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Three Monsters" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2010 - The Phineas and Ferb episodes "The Secret of Success/The Doof Side of the Moon" premiere on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on October 8).
• 2011 - The Once Upon a Time episode "The Thing You Love Most" premieres on ABC.
• 2015 - The PJ Masks episodes "Catboy and the Great Birthday Cake Rescue/Gekko and the Snore-A-Saurus" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2016 - The Once Upon a Time episode "Dark Waters" premieres on ABC.
• 2017
  • The Star Wars Rebels episodes "The Occupation" and "Flight of the Defender" premiere on Disney XD.
  • The Pickle and Peanut episodes "Runaway Train/Cop Car Graveyard" premiere on Disney XD.
  • The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "Bots of Fury/The Accidental Captives" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2020 - In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover premieres online.
• 2021
  • The Ghost and Molly McGee episodes "Mazel Tov, Libby!/No Good Deed" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Amphibia episodes "Fixing Frobo/Anne-sterminator" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2024
  • The Playdate with Winnie the Pooh episode "Rabbit, Bea and the Pumpkin" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • The Wizards Beyond Waverly Place episodes "Saved by the Spell" and "Something Wizard This Way Comes" premiere on Disney Channel.

Home media

• 1992 - Beauty and the Beast
• 2007
  • October Road: The Complete First Season (Touchstone Television)
  • Scrubs: The Complete Sixth Season (Touchstone Television)

Streaming

• 2020
  • The first season of The Owl House is added to Disney+.
  • Season 2 of The Mandalorian premieres on Disney+ with the episode "Chapter 9: The Marshal".
• 2024
  • The first 8 episodes of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place are added to Disney+:
    • "Everything is Not What It Seems"
    • "Mortal Vibes Only"
    • "Saved by the Spell"
    • "Something Wizard This Way Comes"
    • "Wizards Just Wand to Have Fun"
    • "The Legend of Creepy Follows"
    • "We're Gonna Need A Bigger Float"
    • "You Can't Handle the Tooth"
      • Note: Episodes 5-8 were released before their scheduled Disney Channel airings.
  • The final episodes of Agatha All Along, "Follow Me My Friend / To Glory at the End" and "Maiden Mother Crone" premiere on Disney+.

Books

• 1998 - The Funnie Haunted House

Video games

• 2001 - Monsters, Inc. Scream Team is released for PlayStation.
• 2009 - Cars: Race-O-Rama is released in Europe.
• 2012 - Wreck-It Ralph is released for Wii, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS.

People

Births

• 1906 - Paul Smith † (music composer)
• 1934
  • Hamilton Camp † (singer, songwriter, actor, and voice actor)
  • Jane Baer (animator)
• 1945 - Henry Winkler (actor, director, comedian, producer, and author)
• 1952 - Emily Kuroda (actress and voice actress)
• 1953 - Charles Martin Smith (film actor, writer, and director)
• 1957 - Kevin Pollak (actor, voice actor, impressionist, game show host, and comedian)
• 1961 - Larry Wilmore (comedian, writer, producer, and actor)
• 1973 - Kemp Powers (film co-director, screenwriter, and playwright)
• 2004 - Elisha Henig (actor)

Deaths

• 1968 - John McLeish (voice actor and writer)
• 1988 - T. Hee (animator, director, and teacher)