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An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1995.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 6 - Houseguest (Hollywood Pictures with Caravan Pictures)
- January 27 - Miami Rhapsody (Hollywood Pictures)
- February 17 - Heavyweights is released to mixed reviews and was commercially unsuccessful.
- March 3
- Man of the House is released to negative reviews.
- Roommates (Hollywood Pictures)
- March 24 - Tall Tale (with Caravan Pictures)
- April 7 - A Goofy Movie is released to mixed to positive reviews but is a commercial success.
- April 21 - While You Were Sleeping (Hollywood Pictures)
- April 28 - A Pyromaniac's Love Story (Hollywood Pictures)
- May 12 - Crimson Tide (Hollywood Pictures)
- June 15 - Pocahontas premiered in New York City, New York.
- June 16 - Pocahontas (limited)
- June 23 - Pocahontas is released to commercial success, but receives mixed reviews.
- June 30 - Judge Dredd (Hollywood Pictures)
- July 28 - Operation Dumbo Drop
- August 11
- A Kid in King Arthur's Court is released to overwhelmingly negative reviews.
- Dangerous Minds (Hollywood Pictures)
- September 8 - The Tie That Binds (Hollywood Pictures)
- September 10 - Sleeping Beauty (re-issue)
- September 15 - Unstrung Heroes (Hollywood Pictures)
- September 29 - The Big Green
- October 4 - Dead Presidents (Hollywood Pictures with Caravan Pictures)
- October 13 - The Scarlet Letter (Hollywood Pictures)
- October 20 - Frank and Ollie
- October 27 - Powder (Hollywood Pictures with Caravan Pictures)
- November 22 - Toy Story, Pixar's first feature film distributed by Disney, and also the first full-length computer animated film, opens to major box office and critical acclaim.
- December 8 - Father of the Bride Part II (Touchstone Pictures)
- December 22
- Tom and Huck
- Nixon (Hollywood Pictures)
- December 29 - Mr. Holland's Opus (Hollywood Pictures)
Shorts[]
Theme parks and resorts[]
- Euro Disneyland changes its name to Disneyland Paris and earns its first quarterly profit.
- January 1 - Symbiosis closes in The Land Pavilion at Epcot.
- January 21 - Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable opens in The Land Pavilion at Epcot, replacing Symbiosis.
- March 3 - Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye opens in Adventureland at Disneyland.
- April 1 - Walt Disney World Resort opens its third water park, Disney's Blizzard Beach.
- July 17 - Disneyland and Disneyland Resort celebrates its 40th anniversary.
- June 20 - ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter opens in Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom.
- August 21 - Disneyland's PeopleMover closes in Tomorrowland after a 28-year-run.
- October 1 - EPCOT Center is renamed "Epcot".
- December 15 - Toy Story Pizza Planet Arcade opens in Streets of America at Disney-MGM Studios.
- Unknown-Sonny Eclipse is added to Magic Kingdom
Television[]
- January 2 - The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show premieres in syndication.
- September 4 - Gargoyles begins airing its second season.
- September 8 - Sing Me a Story with Belle premieres in syndication.
- September 16 - Timon & Pumbaa premieres in syndication and on CBS.
Comics[]
- July - Marvel Comics cancels their current Disney titles
- July 29 - The Mickey Mouse newspaper comic strip ends
- August - Marvel begins publishing the anthology title Disney Comic Hits!
Video games[]
- August 28 - Animated StoryBook: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
- September 9 - The Lion King: Activity Center
- December 1 - Animated StoryBook: Pocahontas
Home video releases[]
VHS releases[]
- January 13
- January 31 - Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
- March 3 - The Lion King
- March 24 - Angels in the Outfield
- May 5 - Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Fun 'n Games
- May 19 - Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book
- June 6
- Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Greatest Treasures and Jasmine's Wish
- Ariel's Songs and Stories: Wish Upon a Starfish and Giggles
- June 20 - Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
- June 30 - Mickey's Fun Songs: Beach Party at Walt Disney World
- July 19 - White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
- July 21
- Disney Sing Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
- Winnie the Pooh Learning: Growing Up
- Aladdin's Arabian Adventures: Creatures of Invention and Magic Makers
- August 8 - Man of the House
- August 11 - Parachute Express: Come Sing With Us!
- August 15 - Tall Tale
- September 6 - A Goofy Movie
- September 15 - Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
- October 4
- Cinderella (Masterpiece Collection release)
- Mary Poppins (re-issue) (rare later printing)
- Dumbo (re-issue) (rare later printing)
- Alice in Wonderland (re-issue) (rare later printing)
- Robin Hood (re-issue) (rare later printing)
- The Sword in the Stone (re-issue) (rare later printing)
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (re-issue) (rare later printing)
- Pete's Dragon (re-issue) (rare later printing)
- The Three Caballeros (re-issue) (rare later printing)
- So Dear to My Heart (re-issue) (rare later printing)
- October 25 - The Santa Clause
- December 26 - Aspen Extreme
Laserdisc releases[]
- March 3 - The Lion King
- August 16
- Dumbo (CAV Edition)
- September 15 - Dumbo
- October 4 - Cinderella
Events[]
- July 31 - Disney announces to acquire Capital Cities/ABC, which would include the ABC network, ESPN, Lifetime, DIC Productions, L.P., and others.
- October 31 - The first Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party is held at Magic Kingdom.
- In the UK and most other territories outside of North America, Walt Disney Home Video was renamed to Disney Videos.
Character debuts[]
- January 2 - Pith Possum, Doris Deer, Commissioner Stress, Tex Tinstar, Wrongo, Ian and Clem
- January 6 - Macbeth
- January 20 - Archmage
- February - Push the Talking Trash Can
- February 3 - Coldstone, Shirley Pimple
- February 16 - Minos and Fatima, Aziz
- February 17 - Gerry Garner, Tony Perkis
- February 20 - King Pector, Super Water Buffalo
- March 3 - Mara
- March 24 - John Henry
- April 1 - Ice Gator
- April 7 - Stacey, Principal Mazur, Roxanne's Father, Possum Park Emcee, Lester the Possum, Nerdy Kids, Lisa and Chad, Treeny and Wendell
- June 20 - S.I.R., Skippy, The Alien, Dr. Femus, Spinlok
- June 23 - Pocahontas, John Smith, Governor Ratcliffe, Wiggins, Meeko, Chief Powhatan, Thomas, Grandmother Willow, Percy, Ben and Lon, Flit, Nakoma, Kocoum, Kekata, Ratcliffe's Settlers, Powhatan's Tribe
- July - Thunder
- August 11 - Doctor Frankenollie, Julius
- August - Petros Xanatos
- September 4 - Coyote
- September 5 - Anton Sevarius, Claw, Fang, Maggie the Cat
- September 6 - Coldfire, Coldsteel
- September 7 - Fleance
- September 8 - The Three Natives, Piper, Belle (Sing Me a Story with Belle)
- September 11 - Puck
- September 15 - Monty, Baampu
- September 16 - Ralph and Eddie
- September 18 - Weird Sisters, Duncan, Gillecomgain, Demona's Clan
- September 22 - Cheetato and Cheetata, Pumbaa Jr., Eli Williams
- September 23 - Quint, Jackal, The Tigress, Jackal
- September 28 - Preston Vogel, Halcyon Renard
- September 29 - Fronk Fegnugen, Frieda
- September 30 - Uncle Boaris, Teds, Savage Lion, Khartoum
- October 6 - Ned the Elephant, Mother Eagle, Baby Earl
- October 7 - Stinky, Panther
- October 13 - Speedy the Snail, Simon, Simon's father
- October 14 - Mr. Buttons, Mother Gorilla
- October 21 - Rabbit, Herman, Lara, Mel
- November 3 - El Toro, Irwin
- November 4 - The Ethereal, Nefu, Panther Cub
- November 6 - Thailog
- November 10 - Fred the Meerkat
- November 17 - Bruce
- November 20 - Angela, Boudicca, Gabriel
- November 22 - Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex, Hamm, Bo Peep, Andy Davis, Sid Phillips, Sarge, Mrs. Davis, Molly Davis, Hannah Phillips, Scud, Lenny, Squeeze Toy Aliens, Barrel of Monkeys, Mutant Toys, Little Green Men, RC, Etch A Sketch, Shark, Robot, Troikas, Roly Poly Clown, Snake, Mr. Spell, Tikes, Rocky Gibralter, Troll Doll, King Arthur
- November 24 - The Vulture Police, The Meerkat Angel, Wonderful Rhino of Laws
- November 25 - King Zahbar, Queen Deluca, Queen Deluca's Brothers, Castaway, Anteater
- November 27 - Natsilane, Raven, Raven's Illusions
- November 28 - Big Daddy, Nessie
- December 1 - Lester the Whale, Woody Woodeater III
- December 9 - Dr. Happy, The Tarsier
- December 14 - Golem
- December 16 - Bartholomew
- December 21 - London Clan
- December 22 - Becky Thatcher, Murrell
- December 28 - Anubis, The Emir
- December 29 - The Woodpecker
- Sonny Eclipse
- Captain Peg-Hook
- Cattle Cadaver
- Doc Static
- Dark Wizard
- Enchantress
People[]
Births[]
- January 7 - Jessica Darrow (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- January 16 - Parker Goris (actor and voice actor)
- January 30 - Danielle Campbell (actress)
- March 2 - Veronica Dunne (actress)
- March 22 - Nick Robinson (actor and producer)
- April 1 - Logan Paul (YouTuber, internet personality, actor, podcast host, and professional boxer)
- April 15 - Cody Christian (actor, singer, rapper, and songwriter)
- April 21 - Thomas Doherty (actor)
- May 4 - Alex Lawther (actor)
- May 12
- Luke Benward (actor and singer)
- Kenton Duty (actor, voice actor, singer, and dancer)
- July 11 - Blu Hunt (actress)
- September 5 - Caroline Sunshine (actress, dancer, and singer)
- September 12 - Ryan Potter (actor and voice actor)
- September 20 - Sammi Hanratty (actress)
- October 3 - Ayo Edebiri (actress, comedian, and writer)
- October 15 - Billy Unger (actor)
- November 22 - Katherine McNamara (actress and singer)
- November 29 - Laura Marano (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- December 29 - Ross Lynch (singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, and actor)
Deaths[]
- March 4 - Gloria Wood (singer and actress)
- April 14 - Burl Ives (actor, singer, and voice actor)
- April 19 - Preston Blair (animator)
- April 25 - Ginger Rogers (actress, dancer, and singer)
- May 2 - Michael Hordern (actor)
- May 26 - Friz Freleng (animator, cartoonist, director, and producer)
- May 28 - Tom Mahoney (dancer, choreographer, and actor)
- June 16 - Jack Wagner (Disneyland announcer and actor)
- July 4 - Eva Gabor (actress, socialite, and businesswoman)
- August 11 - Phil Harris (comedian, jazz musician, singer, actor, and voice actor)
- October 5 - Linda Gary (voice actress and voice-over artist)
- October 11 - Jeff York (actor)
- October 22 - Mary Wickes (actress and voice actress)
- November 2 - Gil Lamb (actor)
- November 9 - Robert O. Cook (sound engineer)
- December 8 - George J. Lewis (actor)
- December 20 - Madge Sinclair (actress and voice actress)
- December 22 - William Cottrell (writer)
1995