1946

An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1946.
==Theatrical releases==
===Feature films===
*April 20 - Make Mine Music premiered in New York City, New York.
*August 15 - Make Mine Music
*September 1 - Fantasia (first re-issue; general release version)
*November 12 - Song of the South premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
*November 20 - Song of the South
===Shorts===
*February 5 - The ABC of Hand Tools
*February 14 - The Building of a Tire
*March 8 - A Knight for a Day
*March 12 - Bathing Time for Baby
*April 3
**Environmental Sanitation
**Planning for Good Eating
*April 12 - Pluto's Kid Brother
*May 10 - In Dutch
*June 7 - Squatter's Rights
*June 28 - Donald's Double Trouble
*July 19 - The Purloined Pup
*August 7 - A Feather in His Collar
*August 9 - Wet Paint
*August 15
**After You've Gone
**All the Cats Join In
**Blue Bayou
**Casey at the Bat
**Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
**The Martins and the Coys
**Peter and the Wolf
**Two Silhouettes
**Willie the Operatic Whale
**Without You
*August 30 - Dumbell of the Yukon
*September 20 - Lighthouse Keeping
*October 11 - Bath Day
*November 1
**Frank Duck Brings 'em Back Alive
**The Story of Menstruation
*December 20 - Double Dribble
==Character debuts==
*April 12 - Pluto's Kid Brother
*April 20 - Casey, Peter, Peter's grandfather, Sasha, Sonia, Ivan, Wolf, Misha, Yasha, and Vladimir, Willie the Whale, Tetti-Tatti, Egret Couple, Ladies from the Stand, Teenagers, Johnny Fedora, Alice Blue Bonnet, Whitey, Tetti-Tatti's sailors, Grace Martin, Henry Coy, Clarinet, Willie the Whale's Friends
*June 28 - Dapper Duck
*July 19 - Ronnie
*November 12 - Uncle Remus, Johnny, Ginny Favers, Toby, Jake and Joe Favers, Sally, John, Grandmother Doshy, Chloe, Mr. Favers, Mrs. Favers, Aunt Tempy, Bull, Teenchy, Ned, Pearl, Br'er Fox, Br'er Bear, Br'er Frog, Br'er Raccoon, Br'er Terrapin, Mr. Bluebird, The Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbird Trio, Sis Moles, Sis Porcupines, Skunky, Miss Possum, Fishes
*Br'er Buzzard, Mrs. Bear
==People==
===Births===
*January 5 - Diane Keaton (actress, director, producer, and screenwriter)
*January 6 - Syd Barrett (musician, singer-songwriter, artist, and poet)
*January 19 - Dolly Parton (singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, voice actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist)
*February 2 - Blake Clark (stand-up comedian, actor, and voice actor)
*February 20
**Sandy Duncan (actress, singer, dancer, and comedian)
**Brenda Blethyn (actress and voice actress)
*February 21
**Anthony Daniels (actor, voice actor, and mime artist)
**Alan Rickman (actor and voice actor)
*February 24 - Barry Bostwick (actor and singer)
*March 6 - David Gilmour (singer, songwriter, and musician)
*March 12 - Frank Welker (voice actor, impressionist, and former stand-up comedian)
*March 20 - Douglas Bruce Green (singer, songwriter, and musician)
*March 21 - Timothy Dalton (actor and voice actor)
*March 26 - Johnny Crawford (actor, singer, and musician)
*April 8 - Stuart Pankin (actor and voice actor)
*April 12 - Ed O'Neill (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
*April 18 - Hayley Mills (actress)
*April 19 - Tim Curry (actor, voice actor, comedian, and singer)
*April 29 - Wayne Robson (actor and voice actor)
*May 1 - Joanna Lumley (actress, voice actress, model, and author)
*May 9 - Candice Bergen (actress, producer, and former fashion model)
*June 14 - Donald Trump (businessman and United States President)
*July 6
**Sylvester Stallone (actor, director, producer, and screenwriter)
**George W. Bush (politician, businessman, former Governor of Texas, and 43rd President of the United States from 2001-2009)
*July 13 - Cheech Marin (stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, and activist)
*July 14
**Vincent Pastore (actor and voice actor)
**Cubby O'Brien (musician and Mouseketeer)
*July 16 - Dave Goelz (puppeteer, puppet builder, and voice actor)
*July 22 - Danny Glover (actor, director, and activist)
*August 1 - Karen Pendleton (Mouseketeer)
*August 16 - Lesley Ann Warren (actress, singer, and dancer)
*August 26 - Rickie Sorensen (actor)
*September 5 - Freddie Mercury (musician)
*September 28 - Jeffrey Jones (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
*September 30 - Fran Brill (actress and puppeteer)
*October 4 - Susan Sarandon (actress, voice actress, producer, and activist)
*October 22 - Richard McGonagle (actor and voice actor)
*October 26 - Pat Sajak (talk and game show host, actor, and comedian)
*November 6 - Sally Field (actress, director, and producer)
*November 20 - Samuel E. Wright (actor, voice actor, and singer)
*December 14 - Sheldon Peters Wolfchild (actor, director, producer, artist, and activist)
*December 17 - Eugene Levy (actor, voice actor, comedian, producer, director, musician, and writer)
*December 18 - Steven Spielberg (director, producer, and screenwriter)
*December 23 - Susan Lucci (actress, television host, author, singer, and entrepreneur)
===Deaths===
*August 13 - H.G. Wells (author, writer, novelist, teacher, historian, and journalist)
*November 9 - Scotty Mattraw (actor)
*December 6 - Johnny Cannon (animator)
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