February 16

Theatrical releases[]

Films[]

• 1996 - Muppet Treasure Island (Disney)
• 2001 - Recess: School's Out (Disney)
• 2007 - Bridge to Terabithia (Disney)
• 2018 - Black Panther (Marvel Studios)

Television[]

• 1955 - The Disneyland episode "Cavalcade of Songs" premieres on ABC.
• 1972 - The Mouse Factory episode "Spooks and Magic" premieres in syndication.
• 1993 - The special For Our Children premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 1995 - The Aladdin episode "Seems Like Old Crimes (Part 1)" premieres in syndication.
• 1996
  • The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Deserts" premieres in syndication.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "The Pink Flamingo Kid" premieres on ABC.
• 1998
  • The 101 Dalmatians: The Series episode "DeVil-Age Elder" premieres in syndication.
  • The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "If At First You Don't Succeed..." premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2000 - The Pepper Ann episode "Live and Let Dye" premieres on UPN.
• 2001 - Motocrossed, a Disney Channel Original Movie, premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2002 - The House of Mouse episode "King Larry Swings In" premieres on ABC.
• 2004 - The Proud Family episode "Suga Mama's Believers" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2008
  • The Johnny and the Sprites episodes "The Sprites Plan a Party/Basil and the Magic Watermelon" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
  • My Friends Tigger & Pooh premieres on Disney Channel with the episodes "Buster's Bath/Once in a Pooh Moon".
  • The Phineas and Ferb episode "Ready for the Bettys" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Cory in the House episode "Who Let the Dolls Out" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2009
  • The Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Phineas and Ferb half-hour special "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!" premieres on Disney XD.
    • This was the first episode to premiere on Disney XD before Disney Channel.
    • New episodes of Phineas and Ferb would continue to premiere on Disney XD for now.
  • The Hannah Montana episode "You Gotta Lose This Job" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Helping Hand" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2011 - The Jake and the Never Land Pirates episodes "Off the Hook/Never Say Never!" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2014
  • The Good Luck Charlie series finale "Good Luck Teddy" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The I Didn't Do It episode "Dear High School Self" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2015
  • The Gravity Falls episode "Northwest Mansion Mystery" premieres on Disney XD.
  • The Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero episodes "Brainzburgerz/Chuckle City" premiere on Disney XD.
• 2016
  • The Agent Carter episodes "Life of the Party" and "Monsters" premiere on ABC.
  • The Muppets episode "Got Silk?" premieres on ABC.
• 2017 - The Star vs. the Forces of Evil episode "The Hard Way" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2018
  • The Vampirina episodes "Look Who's Scared Now!/Dust Bunnies" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Sofia the First episode "The Mystic Isles: A Hero for the Hoodwinks" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Andi Mack episode "We Were Never" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Disney Channel Original Movie Zombies premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2019
  • The Milo Murphy's Law episodes "The Ticking Clock/Managing Murphy's Law" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Trailer Trouble/Mansion Madness" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Elena of Avalor episode "Movin' On Up" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • The Bizaardvark episode "Bernie's Cousin Ernie" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Coop & Cami Ask the World episode "Would You Wrather Lose a Luau?" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Hiya Henry/People Watching" premiere on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on January 26).
• 2020
  • The Tangled: The Series episode "Flynnpostor" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • Duncanville debuted on FOX.
  • The following episodes of Big City Greens premiere on Disney XD:
    • "Heat Beaters/Bill-iever" (original Disney Channel air date: January 18, 2020)
    • "Shark Objects/Dream Weaver" (original Disney Channel air date: January 25, 2020)
    • "Level Up/Wild Side" (original Disney Channel air date: February 1, 2020)
    • "Garage Tales/Animal Farm" (original Disney Channel air date: February 8, 2020)
• 2024
  • The Spidey and his Amazing Friends episodes "Now You See Me, Now You Don't/Meet Squirrel Girl" premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures episodes "Best Friends/Happy Trails, Nubs" premiere on Disney Jr.

Video games[]

• 1989 - Roger Rabbit is released for the Famicom Disk System.

People[]

Births[]

• 1903 - Edgar Bergen † (actor, comedian, radio performer, and ventriloquist)
• 1904 - James Baskett † (actor and singer)
• 1935 - Brian Bedford † (actor, voice actor, singer, and director)
• 1957 - LeVar Burton (actor, voice actor, presenter, director, producer, and author)
• 1963 - Faran Tahir (actor)
• 1964 - Christopher Eccleston (actor)
• 1968 - Jeffrey Ford (film editor)
• 1983 - Charlet Chung (actress and voice actress)
• 1989 - Elizabeth Olsen (actress and singer)
• 1992 - Jimmy Tatro (actor, comedian, and YouTuber)

Deaths[]

• 1993 - Sharon Disney Lund (philanthropist and adopted daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney)
• 2020
  • Zoe Caldwell (actress and voice actress)
  • Jason Davis (actor, voice actor, and singer)