September 12

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1936 - Donald and Pluto
• 1941 - Old MacDonald Duck

Films

• 2001 - Recess: School's Out premieres in the Netherlands as part of the Sea Film Festival.

Television

• 1987 - The Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears episodes "Too Many Cooks/Just a Tad Smarter" premiere on NBC.
• 1990
  • The Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "Friar Tum" premieres in syndication.
  • The TaleSpin episode "Time Waits for No Bear" premieres in syndication (originally premiered on Disney Channel on May 6th).
• 1991 - The Darkwing Duck episode "Apes of Wrath" premieres in syndication.
• 1992
  • The Darkwing Duck season three premiere "Monsters R Us" premieres on ABC.
  • The Goof Troop episode "Queasy Rider" premieres on ABC.
  • The Little Mermaid premieres on CBS with the episode "The Great Sebastian".
• 1994 - The Aladdin episode "Getting the Bugs Out" premieres in syndication.
• 1995 - The Gargoyles episode "The Silver Falcon" premieres in syndication.
• 1996 - The Quack Pack episode "Need 4 Speed" premieres in syndication.
• 1997
  • The 101 Dalmatians: The Series episodes "It's a Swamp Thing/Roll Out the Pork Barrel" premiere in syndication.
  • The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Time" premieres in syndication.
• 1998
  • The third season of Brand Spanking New! Doug premieres on ABC under the title Disney's Doug with the episode "Doug's Older Woman".
  • Season two of Recess premieres on ABC with the episodes "The Break-up/The Hypnotist".
  • Season two of Pepper Ann premieres on ABC with the episodes "Quiz Bowl/License to Drive".
  • The Hercules episode "Hercules and the First Day of School" is the first episode to premiere on ABC.
• 1999 - The season four premiere of Recess: "The First Picture Show/The Big Prank" is the first episode to premiere on UPN and in syndication on the Disney's 1 Too block.
• 2003
  • The That's So Raven episode "If I Only Had a Job" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Kim Possible episode "Virtu-Ron" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Proud Family episode "It Takes a Thief" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2004 - Higglytown Heroes premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2008
  • The Imagination Movers episode "Heavy Reading" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
  • The second season of Wizards of Waverly Place premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Smarty Pants".
  • The Phineas and Ferb episode "The Flying Fishmonger" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • Cory in the House airs its series finale "Mad Songs Pay So Much" on Disney Channel.
  • The Phineas and Ferb half-hour special "It's About Time!" premieres on Toon Disney. (originally premiered on Disney Channel on March 1st)
• 2009
  • The Imagination Movers episode "It's a Mystery" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Donald's Ducks" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2010
  • The Hannah Montana episode "Love That Lets Go" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Good Luck Charlie episode "Duncan's Got Talent" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Jonas L.A. episode "Boat Trip" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2011 - The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Space Adventure" premieres on Disney Jr.
• 2013 - The Henry Hugglemonster episodes "Sneez-O-Rama/The Huggleball Game" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney Jr. on April 23rd).
• 2014
  • The Dog with a Blog season two finale "The Kids Find Out Stan Blogs" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Girl Meets World episode "Girl Meets Smackle" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Gravity Falls episode "Sock Opera" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on September 8th).
  • The Wander Over Yonder episodes "The Day/The Night" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on June 16th).
• 2015
  • The Doc McStuffins episode "Twin Tweaks" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Sheriff Callie's Wild West episode "Boots or Consequences" premieres on Disney Channel (later re-aired on November 1st with "The Good, the Bad and the Yo-Yo".
  • Goldie & Bear premieres on Disney Junior with the episodes "The Birthday Chair/Big Bear".
  • The 7D season one finale "The Rock of Sages" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2016
  • My Friends Tigger & Pooh returns on Disney Jr.
  • The Star vs. the Forces of Evil episodes "Goblin Dogs/By the Book" premiere on Disney XD.
• 2018
  • The Fancy Nancy episodes "Nancy's Ooh La La Spa/Nancy Goes to Work" premiere on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney Junior on July 20th).
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Fill Bill/Critterball Crisis" premiere on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on July 9th).
• 2019 - The DuckTales season two finale "Moonvasion!" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2020
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Present Tense/Hurt Bike" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Amphibia episodes "Little Frogtown/Hopping Mall" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2022
  • The Ghost and Molly McGee episodes "Scaring is Caring/All Night Plight" premiere on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on July 2nd).
  • The Owl House episode "Reaching Out" premieres on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on April 9th).

Streaming

• 2023 - The Ahsoka episode "Part Five: Shadow Warrior" premieres on Disney+.

Home media

• 1995 - Pulp Fiction
• 2000 - Mission to Mars
• 2006
  • Goal! The Dream Begins
  • Grey's Anatomy: Second Season Uncut
  • The Miracle Match (Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
  • The Wild
• 2017 - Elena of Avalor: Celebrations to Remember

Games

• 2006 - Little Einsteins for the Game Boy Advance

Books

• 1974 - Goofy's Gags

Theme park happenings

• 1986 - Captain EO opens at Epcot.
• 2005 - The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong opens to public.

People

Births

• 1888 - Maurice Chevalier † (actor, singer, and dancer)
• 1894 - Billy Gilbert † (voice actor)
• 1931 - Ian Holm † (actor)
• 1944 - B.J. Ward (actress, voice actress, and singer)
• 1951 - Joe Pantoliano (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
• 1955 - Peter Scolari † (actor, director, producer, and comedian)
• 1957 - Hans Zimmer (composer)
• 1962 - Amy Yasbeck (actress)
• 1967 - Rob Renzetti (animator, writer, storyboard artist, layout artist, producer, and director)
• 1968
  • Paul F. Tompkins (actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer)
  • Mark Andrews (director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist)
• 1972 - Gideon Emery (actor, voice actor, singer, and jazz musician)
• 1973
  • Paul Walker † (actor)
  • Maximiliano Hernández (actor)
• 1981 - Jennifer Hudson (recording artist, actress, and spokesperson)
• 1988 - Carlos López Estrada (music video, commercial, and film director)
• 1995 - Ryan Potter (actor and voice actor)
• 1996 - Colin Ford (actor and voice actor)

Deaths

• 1979 - Les Clark (animator)
• 1980 - Lillian Randolph (actress and singer)