1948

An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1948.
==Theatrical releases==
===Feature films===
*March 12 - Fun and Fancy Free
*May 27 - Melody Time
*June 18 - Fun and Fancy Free (Orlando, Florida)
*November 29 - So Dear to My Heart (Chicago, Illinois)
===Shorts===
*January 23 - They're Off
*February 6 - The Big Wash
*February 20 - Little Hiawatha (re-issue)
*March 5 - Drip Dippy Donald
*March 19 - Mickey Down Under
*April 2 - Alpine Climbers (re-issue)
*April 16 - Daddy Duck
*April 30 - Bone Bandit
*May 14 - Woodland Café (re-issue)
*May 21 - Donald's Dream Voice
*June 18 - The Three Little Pigs (re-issue)
*July 9 - Pluto's Purchase
*July 30 - The Trial of Donald Duck
*August 13 - Cat Nap Pluto
*August 27 - Inferior Decorator
*September 10 - Pluto's Fledgling
*October 1 - Goofy and Wilbur (re-issue)
*October 15 - Soup's On
*November 2 - Three for Breakfast
*November 19 - Wynken, Blynken and Nod (re-issue)
*December 3 - Mickey and the Seal
*December 21 - Seal Island
*December 24 - Tea for Two Hundred
==Books==
*Donald Duck and the Boys
*Minnie Mouse and the Antique Chair
==Character debuts==
*January - Gladstone Gander
*May 27 - Master of Ceremonies, Joe, Jenny, Bumble, Johnny Appleseed, Johnny's Angel, Little Toot, Big Toot, Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue, Widowmaker
*August 27 - Buzz-Buzz the Bee
*September 10 - Orville the Baby Bird
*November 29 - Jeremiah Kincaid, Tildy, Uncle Hiram, Granny Kincaid, Pete Grundy, Wise Old Owl, Danny, Birds, Spider
*Br'er Bull, Sis Cow, Sis Goose
==People==
===Births===
*January 7 - Kenny Loggins (singer and songwriter)
*January 14 - Carl Weathers (actor, voice actor, television director, and former professional football player)
*January 18 - M.C. Gainey (actor and voice actor)
*February 5 - Barbara Hershey (actress)
*February 15 - Tino Insana (actor, voice artist, producer, screenwriter, and singer)
*February 28 - Bernadette Peters (actress, singer, and author)
*March 4 - Brian Cummings (voice actor)
*March 6 - Stephen Schwartz (lyricist and composer)
*March 14 - Billy Crystal (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, and television host)
*March 20 - John de Lancie (actor, director, producer, writer, singer, musician, and voice artist)
*March 26 - Richard Tandy (musician)
*March 31 - Rhea Perlman (actress)
*April 22 - Larry Groce (singer-songwriter and radio host)
*April 25 - Freda Foh Shen (actress and voice actress)
*April 28 - Marcia Strassman (actress, television personality, and singer)
*May 5 - Peter Young (screenwriter)
*May 12 - Richard Riehle (actor and voice actor)
*May 14 - Rich Correll (actor, director, producer, and screenwriter)
*June 3 - Frederick LaBour (singer, songwriter, and musician)
*June 8 - Mike Jittlov (animator)
*June 13 - Joe Roth (producer, director, and businessman)
*June 19 - Phylicia Rashad (actress, voice actress, singer, and stage director)
*June 28 - Kathy Bates (actress, comedian, and film director)
*July 5 - Blu Mankuma (actor, voice actor, singer, and musician)
*July 6 - Peter Mansbridge (newscaster)
*July 12
**Ben Burtt (sound designer, director, film editor, screenwriter, and voice actor)
**Jay Thomas (actor, comedian, and radio talk show host)
*July 30 - Jean Reno (actor and voice actor)
*August 19 - Jim Carter (actor)
*August 30 - Lewis Black (stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic, voice actor, and actor)
*September 13 - Clyde Kusatsu (actor and voice actor)
*September 17 - John Ritter (actor)
*September 19 - Jeremy Irons (actor and voice actor)
*September 24 - Phil Hartman (actor, voice actor, comedian, graphic artist, and screenwriter)
*September 25 - Colleen Atwood (costume designer)
*September 26 - Olivia Newton-John (singer, songwriter, and actress)
*November 11 - Vincent Schiavelli (actor)
*November 18 - Dom Irrera (actor, voice actor, and stand-up comedian)
*November 28 - Agnieszka Holland (director and screenwriter)
*December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne (singer, songwriter, television personality, and actor)
*December 21
**Samuel L. Jackson (actor, voice actor, comedian, and film producer)
**Barry Gordon (actor, voice actor, television host, television producer, singer, and president of the Screen Actors Guild)
*December 27 - Gérard Depardieu (actor, filmmaker, businessman, and vineyard owner)
===Deaths===
*January 30 - Orville Wright (printer/publisher, bicycle retailer/manufacturer, airplane inventor/manufacturer, pilot trainer, and historical figure)
*July 9 - James Baskett (actor and singer)
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