May 4 is known as Star Wars Day: "May the Fourth be with you."
Theatrical releases[]
Films[]
Television[]
- 2007
- The Hannah Montana episode "You Gotta Not Fight for Your Right to Party" premieres on Disney Channel.
- The Little Einsteins episode "Annie and the Little Toy Plane" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
- 2008 - The Hannah Montana episode "The Way We Almost Weren't" premieres on Disney Channel.
- 2012
- The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Prince Pete's Catnap" premieres on Disney Jr.
- The Jessie episode "Beauty and the Beasts" premieres on Disney Channel.
- The Phineas and Ferb episodes "The Mom Attractor/Cranius Maximus" premiere on Disney Channel.
- 2014
- The Once Upon a Time episode "Kansas" premieres on ABC.
- The Liv and Maddie episode "Flashback-a-Rooney" premieres on Disney Channel.
- The I Didn't Do It episode "Now Museum, Now You Don't" premieres on Disney Channel.
- 2018
- The Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episodes "Stop Lazlo!/The Hot Diggity Dog Show" premiere on Disney Channel.
- DuckTales gets moved from Disney XD over to Disney Channel, starting with the episode "The Spear of Selene!".
- The Once Upon a Time episode "Is This Henry Mills?" premieres on ABC.
- The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "The One Who Will Save Us All" premieres on ABC.
- 2019 - The Milo Murphy's Law episodes "The Mid-Afternoon Snack Club/Parks and Wreck" premiere on Disney Channel.
- 2023
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures premieres on Disney Channel and Disney Junior with the episodes "The Young Jedi/Yoda's Mission" and "Nash's Race Day/The Lost Jedi Ship" (both episodes premiered on April 4 at the 2023 Star Wars Celebration in Europe).
- The Mickey Mouse Funhouse episodes "Ready to Play, Ruthie!/Goofy Dogs!" premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
- The Firebuds episodes "Shelter Island/Escape from Shelter Island" premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
- 2024
- Season 2 of Monsters at Work concluded on Disney Channel with the episodes "Descent into Fear/Powerless".
- The Hailey's On It! episodes "Smother Knows Best/Student of the Weak" premiere on Disney Channel.
Streaming[]
- 2020
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian premieres on Disney+ with "Directing".
- The Star Wars: The Clone Wars final episode "Victory and Death" premieres on Disney+.
- 2021
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch premieres on Disney+ with the episode "Aftermath".
- The Simpsons short The Force Awakens From Its Nap premieres on Disney+.
- 2022 - The Moon Knight finale "Gods and Monsters" premieres on Disney+.
- 2023 - The Simpsons short Rogue Not Quite One premieres on Disney+.
- 2024 - Tales of the Empire premieres on Disney+
Films[]
- 2020 - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premieres on Disney+.
Online[]
- 2024 - How NOT to Draw concludes it's second season with the release of the short "R2-D2" on Disney Channel's YouTube channel.
Home media[]
Theme park happenings[]
- 2005 - Disneyland is closed to the public on this day for a special media event in preparation for the park's 50th anniversary.
- 2009 - Mickey's Fun Wheel opens at Disney California Adventure.
Books[]
- 2006 - The Art of Cars
- 2010 - Toy Story 3
People[]
Births[]
- 1944 - Russi Taylor † (voice actress)
- 1959 - Randy Travis (singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor)
- 1967 - Ana Gasteyer (actress, comedian, and singer)
- 1970 - Will Arnett (actor, voice actor, comedian, and producer)
- 1979 - Lance Bass (singer, dancer, actor, voice actor, and film and television producer)
- 1994 - Alexander Gould (actor and voice actor)
- 1995 - Alex Lawther (actor)
- 2010 - Brooklynn Prince (actress)
Deaths[]
- 2009 - Dom DeLuise (actor, voice actor, comedian, director, producer, chef, and author)