October 8

Theatrical releases

Films

• 1975 - The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
• 1998 - Mulan premieres in London, England.
• 2010 - Secretariat

Television

• 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Hero for Hire" premieres in syndication.
• 1988
  • Empty Nest (Touchstone Television) debuts.
  • The Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "There's No Place Like Home" premieres on NBC.
• 1990 - The TaleSpin episode "The Bigger They Are, the Louder They Oink" premieres in syndication.
• 1991 - The Darkwing Duck episode "When Aliens Collide" premieres in syndication.
• 1992 - The Goof Troop episode "Waste Makes Haste" premieres in syndication.
• 1993
  • The Bonkers episode "Do Toons Dream of Animated Sheep?" premieres in syndication.
  • The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Buoyancy" premiere in syndication.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "Father Knows Less" premieres on ABC.
• 1994
  • The Aladdin episode "That Stinking Feeling" premieres on CBS.
  • The Little Mermaid episode "Land of the Dinosaurs" premiere on CBS.
  • The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Insects" premieres in syndication.
• 1996 - The Quack Pack episode "Ducklaration of Independence" premieres in syndication.
• 1998 - The Hercules episode "Hercules and the Argonauts" premieres in syndication.
• 1999 - The Boy Meets World episode "Angela's Men" premieres on ABC.
• 2000 - The Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "NOS-4-A2" premieres on UPN and in syndication.
• 2002 - The Lloyd in Space episode "Stink-O-Rama" premieres on Toon Disney.
• 2004
  • The Phil of the Future episode "Halloween" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Disney Channel Original Movie Halloweentown High premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2007 - Handy Manny concludes its first season on Playhouse Disney with the episodes "Halloween/Squeeze's Magic Show".
• 2010
  • The Special Agent Oso episodes "A View to a Mask/Pumpkin Eyes" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Suite Life on Deck episode "The Ghost and Mr. Martin" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Phineas and Ferb episodes "The Secret of Success/The Doof Side of the Moon" premiere on Disney Channel ("The Doof Side of the Moon" was originally released on the A Very Perry Christmas DVD on October 5).
  • The Fish Hooks episode "Happy Birthfish, Jocktopus" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales short "Heavy Metal Mater" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2012
  • The Kickin' It episode "Wedding Crashers" premieres on Disney XD.
  • Crash & Bernstein premieres on Disney XD.
• 2013 - The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "The Asset" premieres on ABC.
• 2016
  • The Ultimate Spider-Man episode "Spider Slayers - Part One" premieres on Disney XD.
  • The Jake and the Never Land Pirates episodes "Crabageddon!/Night of the Stonewolf" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Star Wars Rebels episode "The Antilles Extraction" premieres on Disney XD.
  • The 7D episodes "Planks, But No Planks/The Jollywood Games" premiere on Disney XD.
  • The Miles from Tomorrowland episodes "The Galactic Fair/Unfair Getaway" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Lab Rats: Elite Force episode "Game of Drones" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2017
  • The Tangled: The Series episode "The Wrath of Ruthless Ruth" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Avengers Assemble episode "Why I Hate Halloween" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2018
  • The Big City Greens Halloween special "Blood Moon" premieres on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on October 6).
  • The third and final season of Andi Mack premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "The Boys are Back".
• 2019
  • The Tangled: The Series episode "Return of the King" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Elena of Avalor episode "To Save a Sunbird" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2020 - The Vampirina episodes "Nosy's Day In/Sincerely, Blobby" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2021
  • The Spidey and his Amazing Friends episodes "Gob-zilla/Speedy Spidey Delivery" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The T.O.T.S. episodes "Trunklebee's Day Off/Happy Go Lucky" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Sydney to the Max episode "The Hunt for the Rad October" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Gabby Duran & the Unsittables episode "Beware the Fright Master!" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2022
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Farmer Remy/Homeward Hound" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Hamster & Gretel special two-part episode "U.F.Uh-Oh!" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Chibiverse episode "The Great Chibi Mix-Up!" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2023 - The Villains of Valley View episode "Guitar Hero" premieres on Disney Channel.

Streaming

• 2021 - Muppets Haunted Mansion premieres on Disney+.

Online

• 2021 - The Ghost and Molly McGee Chibi Tiny Tales short "Mansion Madness" is released on Disney Channel's YouTube channel.
• 2022 - The Chibi Tiny Tales Hamster & Gretel short "Rollercoaster Romance" is released on Disney Channel's YouTube channel.

Events

• 2022 - Disney Channel announces at New York Comic Con 2022 that their upcoming Marvel superhero animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur has already been greenlit for a second season, 4 months ahead of the shows premiere.^[1]

Theme park happenings

• 1957 - The Maxwell Coffee House in Disneyland closed.
• 1997 - Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa receives its spa facilities and takes on its current name.
• 2001 - Journey Into Your Imagination closes to be turned into Journey Into Imagination With Figment.
• 2003 - Wishes and Mickey's PhilharMagic open at Magic Kingdom.
• 2010 - ElecTRONica begins at Disney California Adventure.

VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, & 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray releases

• 1985
  • The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue
  • Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
  • The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
  • The Three Lives of Thomasina
  • Now You See Him, Now You Don't
  • Those Calloways
  • Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue
  • The Barefoot Executive
• 2002
  • Beauty and the Beast: Platinum Edition
  • The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • Houseguest
  • Big Trouble
  • Jungle 2 Jungle
  • Out Cold
  • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
  • Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
  • Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
• 2013 - Marvel's Avengers Assemble: Assembly Required
• 2019
  • Toy Story 4
  • Aladdin: Signature Collection (DVD only)
  • One Hundred and One Dalmatians: Signature Collection (DVD only)

Books

• 2013 - Heroes of Asgard
• 2019
  • The Big Book of Disney Quizzes
  • Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks
  • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Novelization

Comics

• 2019
  • Disney Classics: A Christmas Carol, starring Scrooge McDuck
  • Young Donald Duck

People

Births

• 1907 - Art Babbitt † (animator)
• 1910 - Winston Hibler † (screenwriter, director, producer, and narrator)
• 1911 - Cotton Warburton † (editor)
• 1943 - Chevy Chase (comedian, actor, and writer)
• 1949 - Sigourney Weaver (actress and voice actress)
• 1956 - Danny Jacob (composer, songwriter, and guitarist)
• 1970 - Tetsuya Nomura (video game director, character designer, and Kingdom Hearts creator)
• 1993
  • Angus T. Jones (actor)
  • Molly Quinn (actress)
• 1996 - Kylee Russell (actress)
• 1997 - Bella Thorne (actress, voice actress, singer, dancer, director, and model)
• 2007 - Swayam Bhatia (actress and voice actress)

Deaths

• 1978 - Karl Swenson (actor and voice actor)
• 2012 - Ken Sansom (actor and voice actor)
• 2016 - Gary Dubin (actor and voice actor)