1976

An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1976.
==Theatrical releases==
===Feature films===
*January 16 - Blackbeard's Ghost (re-issue)
*February 5 - No Deposit, No Return
*March 26
**Dumbo (re-issue)
**Ride a Wild Pony
*June 18 - Peter Pan (re-issue)
*July 1 - Treasure of Matecumbe
*July 7 - Gus
*November 5 - The Gnome-Mobile (re-issue)
*November 21 - Follow Me, Boys! (re-issue)
*December 17
**Freaky Friday (Los Angeles, California)
**The Shaggy D.A.
===Shorts===
*February 11
**The Country Cousin (re-issue)
**The Three Little Pigs (re-issue)
**The Tortoise and the Hare (re-issue)
**The Ugly Duckling (re-issue)
*November 21 - Ben and Me (re-issue)
==Character debuts==
*July 1 - Spangler
*December 17 - Tim the Ice Cream Man, John Slade
*Kejo the Silverback
==Events==
*November 26 - The Mickey Mouse balloon makes its sixth appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
==Theme parks and resorts==
*June 20 - Disney's River Country opens at Walt Disney World Resort.
*October 1 - Walt Disney World Resort and the Magic Kingdom celebrates its 5th anniversary. 
*? - Winnie the Pooh for President promotional campaign.
==Television==
*September 5 - The Muppet Show premieres in syndication. The series was not created by Disney, but has been owned by Disney along with the Muppets themselves since 2004.
==People==
===Births===
*January 1 - Qui Nguyen (playwright, screenwriter, and director)
*January 6 - Johnny Yong Bosch (actor, martial artist, voice actor, and musician)
*January 13 - Michael Peña (actor and voice actor)
*January 18 - Derek Richardson (actor and voice actor)
*January 19 - Marsha Thomason (actress)
*January 21 - Emma Bunton (singer-songwriter, actress, voice actress, presenter, and fashion designer)
*January 31 - Paul Scheer (actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, and podcaster)
*February 3 - Isla Fisher (actress and voice actress)
*February 9 - Charlie Day (actor, comedian, writer, and producer)
*February 23 - Kelly Macdonald (actress and voice actress)
*February 25 - Rashida Jones (actress, comic book author, screenwriter, and singer)
*March 8 - Freddie Prinze Jr. (actor and voice actor)
*March 14 - Corey Stoll (actor)
*March 19 - Nicholas Stoller (screenwriter and director)
*March 21 - Rachael MacFarlane (actress, voice actress, comedian, and singer)
*March 22 - Reese Witherspoon (actress, producer, and entrepreneur)
*March 23
**Keri Russell (actress and dancer)
**Bernardo De Paula (actor)
*April 1
**Troy Baker (voice actor and musician)
**David Oyelowo (actor and producer)
*April 2 - Aaron Lohr (actor and singer)
*April 5 - Sterling K. Brown (actor and voice actor)
*April 9 - Blayne Weaver (actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer)
*April 13 - Jonathan Brandis (actor, voice actor, director, and screenwriter)
*April 17 - Jason J. Lewis (actor and voice actor)
*April 18
**Gavin Creel (actor, singer, songwriter, and producer)
**Melissa Joan Hart (actress, director, producer, writer, singer, and businesswoman)
*April 19 - Sascha Paladino (screenwriter and producer)
*April 20 - Joey Lawrence (actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter, record producer, and TV host)
*April 22 - Misty Lee (actress, voice actress, comedian, and magician)
*April 23 - Gabriel Damon (actor and voice actor)
*April 26 - Thurop Van Orman (cartoonist, animator, voice artist, television writer, producer, and director)
*May 28 - Liam O'Brien (voice actor, writer, and voice director)
*May 31 - Colin Farrell (actor)
*June 19 - Ryan Hurst (actor)
*June 21 - Dan Scanlon (director, producer, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and animator)
*June 28 - Jason J. Lewis (actor and voice actor)
*June 29 - Bret McKenzie (comedian, actor, Academy Award-winning musician, and producer)
*July 5 - Jamie Elman (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
*July 9 - Fred Savage (actor, voice actor, comedian, director, and producer)
*July 10 - Adrian Grenier (actor, voice actor, producer, director, and musician)
*July 15
**Gabriel Iglesias (stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and voice actor)
**Diane Kruger (actress and model)
*July 19
**Benedict Cumberbatch (actor)
**Vinessa Shaw (actress)
*July 21 - Jaime Murray (actress)
*July 31 - Mela Lee (voice actress)
*August 2 - Sam Worthington (actor)
*August 6 - Soleil Moon Frye (actress, voice actress, director, and screenwriter)
*August 11 - Will Friedle (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
*August 26 - Mike Colter (actor)
*August 27 - Sarah Chalke (actress and voice actress)
*September 6
**Naomie Harris (actress)
**Robin Atkin Downes (actor and voice actor)
*September 20 - Jon Bernthal (actor)
*October 9
**Nick Swardson (actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and producer)
**Sam Riegel (voice actor, screenwriter, director, and singer)
*October 11 - Emily Deschanel (actress, television producer, and film producer)
*October 20 - Dan Fogler (actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer, playwright, graphic novelist, and musician)
*October 21 - Andrew Scott (actor and voice actor)
*October 23 - Ryan Reynolds (actor, screenwriter, producer, and businessman)
*October 26 - Florence Kasumba (actress)
*November 1 - Matt Chapman (animator, writer, and voice actor)
*November 12 - Tevin Campbell (singer, songwriter, actor, and voice actor)
*November 27 - Jaleel White (actor and voice actor)
*November 28 - Ryan Kwanten (actor, voice actor, and producer)
*November 29 - Chadwick Boseman † (actor, screenwriter, and playwright)
*December 5 - Amy Acker (actress)
*December 22 - Ryan Green (animator, story artist, and director)
===Deaths===
*February 13 - John Lounsbery (animator)
*March 3 - Ray Gilbert (composer, lyricist, and educator)
*March 30 - Richard Irvine (art director and Imagineer)
*July 12 - Franklyn Marks (composer, arranger, and orchestrator)
*August 8 - Winston Hibler (screenwriter, director, producer, and narrator)
*August 19 - Alastair Sim (actor)
*November 7 - Roy Williams (artist, entertainer, and Mouseketeer)
*December 20 - Ned Washington (lyricist and composer)
*December 25 - Frankie Darro (actor and stuntman)
===Artists joined===
*Tom Ferriter - Coordinating Animator on The Fox and the Hound, The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, and The Little Mermaid.
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