1983

An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1983.
==Theatrical releases==
===Feature films===
*March 11
**The Sword in the Stone (limited; re-issue)
**Trenchcoat
*March 25 - The Sword in the Stone (re-issue)
*April 29 - Something Wicked This Way Comes
*July 15 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (re-issue)
*October 7 - Never Cry Wolf (limited)
*December 16 - The Rescuers (re-issue)
===Shorts===
*February 14 - A Goofy Look at Valentine's Day (educational)
*March 11 - Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (limited)
*March 25 - Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
*October 17 - Disney's Haunted Halloween (schools)
*December 16 - Mickey's Christmas Carol
*December 21 - Disney's Wonderful World of Winter
==Theme parks and resorts==
*March 3 - The original Journey Into Imagination ride-through attraction opens in Future World at Epcot.
*April 15 - Tokyo Disneyland opens.
*May 23 - Pinocchio's Daring Journey opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
*May 25 - The new Fantasyland opens at Disneyland as a heavily-revamped version of the original version.
*June 4 - 18-year-old Philip Straughan of Albuquerque, New Mexico drowns in the Rivers of America while trying to pilot a rubber emergency boat from Tom Sawyer Island that he and a friend had stolen from a "Cast members only" area.
*October 1 - Horizons opens in Future World at Epcot.
==Television==
*April 18
**The Disney Channel begins broadcasting.
**Contraption
**EPCOT Magazine
**Good Morning, Mickey!
**Welcome to Pooh Corner
*May 3 - After 29 years, the long-running Walt Disney anthology series airs its last episode "Mickey and Donald Kidding Around" on CBS. It would return three years later as The Disney Sunday Movie on ABC.
*September 1 - Donald Duck Presents
*November 2 - Happy Birthday, Mickey
*December 3
**A Disney Channel Christmas
**Where the Toys Come From
*December 25 - The first annual Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade premieres on CBS.
==Home video releases==
===VHS===
*March
**The Island at the Top of the World
**The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
**American Heroes: Featuring Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill
**The Wind in the Willows: Starring J. Thaddeus Toad (re-issue)
**20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (re-issue)
**The North Avenue Irregulars (re-issue)
*May
**Goofy Over Sports (re-issue)
**Storybook Classics (re-issue)
**Pete's Dragon (re-issue)
**The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (re-issue)
**Bedknobs and Broomsticks (re-issue)
**Alice in Wonderland (re-issue)
*June
**The Great Locomotive Chase
**Johnny Tremain and the Sons of Liberty
**Tex
**Trenchcoat
**Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Chip N' Dale with Donald Duck and Pluto
*August
**Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Scary Tales (re-issue)
**The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (re-issue)
*September
**The Black Hole (re-issue)
*Kids is Kids (re-issue)
*On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends (re-issue)
*The Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale (re-issue)
*Tron (re-issue)
*Dumbo (re-issue)
*October - Something Wicked This Way Comes
*November
**The Boatniks
**Kidnapped
**Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Sport Goofy, Disney's Best of 1931-1948 and More Sport Goofy
*December
**The Happiest Millionaire
**In Search of the Castaways
**The Parent Trap
===Laserdisc releases===
*? - Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Chip 'N' Dale with Donald Duck, Pluto, Scary Tales, Sport Goofy, Disney's Best of 1931-1948, More Sport Goofy
==Video games==
*August 5 - Sorcerer's Apprentice (Atari 2600)
*Mickey in the Great Outdoors (Atari 8-bit computers)
*Discs of Tron (Arcade)
==Events==
*April 1 - Walt Disney Pictures opens as a studio division of Walt Disney Productions.
*October 16 - The Walt Disney Company celebrates its 60th anniversary.
*November 24 - The Mickey Mouse balloon makes his final appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
*December 16 - The first Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party is held at Magic Kingdom.
==Character debuts==
*March 3 - Dreamfinder, Figment
*April 15 - Crane
*April 18 - Mr. Narrator
*April 29 - Mr. Dark
*October 1 - Robot Butler
*October 7 - Tyler, Rosie Little, Ootek, Mike
==People==
===Births===
*January 2 - Kate Bosworth (actress, model, and singer)
*January 7 - Brett Dalton (actor)
*January 16 - Marwan Kenzari (actor and comedian)
*January 17 - Rickey Collins (actor and voice actor)
*January 19 - Hikaru Utada (singer, songwriter, producer, composer, and arranger)
*February 16 - Charlet Chung (actress and voice actress)
*February 23
**Emily Blunt (actress and singer)
**Aziz Ansari (actor and comedian)
*February 27 - Kate Mara (actress)
*March 1 - Lupita Nyong'o (actress and director)
*March 10
**Carrie Underwood (singer, songwriter, and actress)
**Rafe Spall (actor)
*March 12 - Ron Funches (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
*March 28 - Natalie Lander (actress, voice actress, and singer)
*April 1 - Matt Lanter (actor, voice artist, former reality TV personality, and model)
*April 4 - Eric Andre (stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, and producer)
*April 10 - Jamie Chung (actress, voice actress, and former television personality)
*April 21 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw (actress)
*April 26 - Shiyoon Kim (character designer and animator)
*May 5 - Henry Cavill (actor and model)
*May 6
**Adrianne Palicki (actress)
**Gabourey Sidibe (actress)
*May 12 - Domhnall Gleeson (actor, director, and writer)
*May 15 - Joel "The Kid Mero" Martinez (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, and internet personality)
*June 10 - Leelee Sobieski (artist and actress)
*June 17 - Manish Dayal (actor)
*July 6 - Brady Bluhm (actor and voice actor)
*July 29 - Tania Gunadi (actress and voice actress)
*August 5 - Beau Black (actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and composer)
*August 9 - Ashley Johnson (actress and voice actress)
*August 10 - Spencer Redford (actress and singer)
*August 11 - Chris Hemsworth (actor and producer)
*August 14 - Mila Kunis (actress)
*August 20 - Andrew Garfield (actor, producer, and screenwriter)
*August 22 - Jorge Diaz (actor and voice actor)
*August 30 - Charise Castro Smith (playwright, actress, television writer, producer, and co-director)
*September 21 - Joseph Mazzello (actor, director, and screenwriter)
*September 25 - Donald Glover (actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, writer, rapper, producer, director, and disc jockey)
*October 3 - Tessa Thompson (actress, voice actress, singer, and musician)
*October 24 - Adrienne Bailon (actress, singer-songwriter, dancer, and television personality)
*October 27 - Melanie Minichino (voice actress)
*November 7 - Adam DeVine (actor, comedian, singer, producer, and screenwriter)
*November 19 - Adam Driver (actor)
*December 8 - Utkarsh Ambudkar (actor, rapper, and singer)
*December 30
**Josh Sussman (actor)
**Kaitlyn Robrock (voice actress)
===Deaths===
*January 17 - John W. Dunn (screenwriter and animator)
*May 16 - Fred Hellmich (animator)
*May 23 - George Bruns (composer)
*July 29 - David Niven (actor and author)
*August 23 - Grace Bailey (ink artist and supervisor)
*September 5 - Yale Gracey (Imagineer, writer, and layout artist)
*December 8 - Slim Pickens (Rodeo performer, actor, and voice actor)
*December 31 - Ralph Wright (actor, writer, director, and animator)
===Artists joined===
*Rob Minkoff - Director for The Lion King and The Haunted Mansion.
*Kelvin Yasuda - Effects Animator on Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and Oliver & Company.
*Philip Phillipson - Background Designer on The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Little Mermaid.
*Kelly Asbury - Disney/DreamWorks Director and Screenwriter who worked on Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Toy Story.
*Philo Barnhart - Assistant Animator on The Little Mermaid and The Rescuers Down Under.
*Stephen Hickner - Current Storyboard Artist for Dreamworks Animation. Worked as an Assistant Animator on The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, and The Brave Little Toaster.
*Steve Starr - Assistant Effects Animator on The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Little Mermaid.
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