1966

An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1966.
==Theatrical releases==
===Feature films===
*February 4 - The Ugly Dachshund (premiere)
*February 16 - The Ugly Dachshund
*March 25 - Bambi (re-issue; this would be the last ever re-release of a film in Walt Disney's lifetime)
*June 1 - Mary Poppins (re-issue)
*June 29 - Lt. Robin Crusoe USN (premiere)
*July 29 - Lt. Robin Crusoe USN
*August 24 - Follow Me, Boys! (premiere)
*September 28 - Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons (re-issue)
*October 1 - The Fighting Prince of Donegal
*November 18 - The Adventures of Donald Duck
*December 1 - Follow Me, Boys! (the last film to be released during Walt Disney's lifetime)
===Shorts===
*February 4 - Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
*May 5 - Donald's Fire Survival Plan
==Character debuts==
*February 4 - Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Christopher Robin, Owl, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Gopher, The Bees, Mark Garrison, Fran Garrison, Dr. Pruitt, Officer/Sgt. Carmody, Mel Chadwick, Mr. Toyama, Kenji, Judge, Milkman, Eddie, Brutus, The Dachsies
*May - Emil Eagle
*May 28 - Glockenspiel, Glockenspiel's Toy Soldiers, Jesters
*December 18 - Dickie Duck
*? - Double-O Duck and Mata Harrier, Doctor Proctor, Doctor Syclocks, Big Bertha, Rollo and Rover
==Theme parks==
*May 28 - It's a Small World opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
*June 17 - Thomas Guy Cleveland attempted to sneak into Disneyland's Grad Nite by climbing onto the monorail track; he was struck and killed by an oncoming monorail train, which literally tore his body to shreds.
*July 24 - New Orleans Square opens at Disneyland.
==People==
===Births===
*January 13 - Patrick Dempsey (actor, voice actor, and race car driver)
*February 11 - Jennifer L. Hughes (voice actress and production assistant)
*February 13 - Neal McDonough (actor and voice actor)
*February 22 - Rachel Dratch (actress, comedian, producer, and writer)
*February 24 - Billy Zane (actor, voice actor, and producer)
*February 25 - Alexis Denisof (actor)
*March 3 - Tone Lōc (rapper and actor)
*March 5 - Aasif Mandvi (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
*March 14 - Gary Anthony Williams (actor, voice actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
*April 8 - Robin Wright (actress and director)
*May 1 - Charlie Schlatter (actor, voice actor, and writer)
*May 16 - Janet Jackson (singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer)
*May 25 - Rick Logan (actor, voice actor, and signer)
*May 26 - Helena Bonham Carter (actress)
*May 29 - Diana Lee Inosanto (actress, martial artist, film director, and children's author)
*June 7 - Tom McCarthy (actor, director, and screenwriter)
*June 10 - Laura Silverman (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
*June 27 - J. J. Abrams (film and television producer, director, screenwriter, actor, and composer)
*June 28 - John Cusack (actor, producer, and screenwriter)
*July 6 - Brian Posehn (actor, voice actor, musician, writer, and comedian)
*July 7 - Jim Gaffigan (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
*July 9 - Pamela Adlon (actress, voice actress, screenwriter, producer, and director)
*July 11 - Greg Grunberg (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
*July 18 - Lori Alan (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
*July 29 - Richard Horvitz (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
*August 1 - Daniel Gerson † (screenwriter and voice actor)
*August 5 - James Gunn (director, producer, screenwriter, actor, author, and musician)
*August 10 - André Sogliuzzo (voice actor)
*August 14 - Halle Berry (actress, producer, director, and former fashion model)
*August 22 - Brooke Dillman (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
*August 31 - Matthew O'Callaghan (animator, director, and screenwriter)
*September 2 - Salma Hayek (actress, director, and producer)
*September 7 - Toby Jones (English actor)
*September 9 - Adam Sandler (actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and producer)
*September 28 - Maria Canals-Barrera (actress, voice actress, and singer)
*October 6 - Jacqueline Obradors (actress and voice actress)
*October 11 - Luke Perry (actor and voice actor)
*October 16 - Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (voice actress, singer-songwriter, ADR director, and ADR writer)
*October 19 - Jon Favreau (actor, voice actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter)
*October 26 - Steve Valentine (actor, voice actor, musician, and magician)
*October 28 - Andy Richter (actor, writer, comedian, and talk show host)
*November 2 - David Schwimmer (actor, comedian, producer, and director)
*November 8 - Gordon Ramsay (chef, restauranter, and television personality)
*November 19 - Jason Scott Lee (actor, voice actor, and martial artist)
*November 23
**Jerome Ranft (sculptor and voice actor)
**Michelle Gomez (actress and voice actress)
*December 1 - Andrew Adamson (director, producer, screenwriter, and animator)
*December 3 - Adam Berry (composer and songwriter)
*December 9 - Toby Huss (actor)
*December 21 - Kiefer Sutherland (actor, voice actor, producer, and director)
*December 24 - Diedrich Bader (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
===Deaths===
*April 28 - Jesse Marsh (comics artist, writer, and animator)
*June 19
**Ed Wynn (actor and comedian)
**Pat McNalley (make-up artist)
*July 3 - Deems Taylor (composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music)
*July 23 - Donald Novis (singer and actor)
*July 28 - Judd Conlon (musical arranger)
*November 21 - Pat Hogan (actor)
*December 14 - Verna Felton (actress and voice actress)
*December 15 - Walt Disney (founder of Walt Disney Productions, Disneyland, and Walt Disney World, co-creator and original voice of Mickey Mouse)
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Category:Years in Disney history
Category:1960s