November 22

Beauty and the Beast

102 Dalmatians

Toy Story

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World

Delivery Man

"The Hat"

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar

Coco

Frozen II

"The Last Laugh"

Wish

The Naughty Nine

Theatrical releases

Shorts

• 1940 - Goofy's Glider
• 2017 - Olaf's Frozen Adventure

Films

• 1985 - One Magic Christmas
• 1991 - Beauty and the Beast is generally released.
• 1995 - Toy Story (Pixar)
• 2000
  • 102 Dalmatians
  • Unbreakable
• 2002 - The Quiet American (Miramax Films)
• 2006 - Déjà Vu (Touchstone Pictures)
• 2013 - Delivery Man (Touchstone Pictures)
• 2017 - Coco (Pixar)
• 2019 - Frozen II
• 2023 - Wish

Theme park happenings

• 1963 - Disneyland undergoes an unscheduled closure following the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy.

Television

• 1986 - The Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "Guess Who's Gumming to Dinner?" premieres on NBC.
• 1989 - The Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Weather or Not" premieres in syndication.
• 1991 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film Mark Twain and Me premieres on the Disney Channel.
• 1993 - The Bonkers episode "The Final Review" premieres in syndication.
• 1994 - The Aladdin episode "The Love Bug" premieres in syndication.
• 1995 - The Gargoyles episode "Avalon (Part 3)" premieres in syndication.
• 1996
  • The Mighty Ducks episode "Buzz Blitzman, Mighty Duck!" premieres in syndication.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "Turkey Day" premieres on ABC.
• 1997
  • The Disney's Doug episode "Doug's Thanksgiving" premieres on ABC.
  • The Jungle Cubs episode "Tree for Two/Waiting for Baloo" premieres on ABC.
  • The 101 Dalmatians: The Series episodes "The Dogs of DeVil/Dog's Best Friend" premiere on ABC.
  • The Recess episodes "Rainy Days/The Great Can Drive" premiere on ABC.
  • The Pepper Ann episode "Thanksgiving Dad" premieres on ABC.
• 2002 - The House of Mouse episode "Clarabelle's Christmas List" premieres on Toon Disney.
• 2008 - The Imagination Movers episode "Knit Knots Gets Stuck" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2009 - Sonny with a Chance concludes its first season on Disney Channel with the episode "Sonny: So Far".
• 2010
  • The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Mickey's Mousekersize" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Zeke and Luther episode "Goin' Zoomin'" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2013
  • The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode "Minnie's Pet Salon" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • The Doc McStuffins episodes "Professor Pancake/You Crack Me Up" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Jessie episode "The Rosses Get Real" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Dog with a Blog episode "Don't Karl Us, We'll Karl You" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Wander Over Yonder episode "The Hat" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Fish Hooks episode "Hats Amore" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2015
  • The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Liv and Maddie episode "Ask Her More-a-Rooney" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Austin & Ally episode "Cap and Gown & Can't Be Found" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2019
  • The Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episodes "Campy Camper Day!/Founder's Day Flounder!" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The T.O.T.S. episodes "Out Foxed/Elephant in the Room" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Puppy Dog Pals episodes "Turkey on the Town/Friendship Feast" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The PJ Masks episodes "The Prank Wheelz/Where's The Wolf Wheelz?" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Rocketeer episodes "Carnival Caper/Songbird Soars Again" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Vampirina episodes "The Hauntley Girls/The Not So Haunted House" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Elena of Avalor episode "The Last Laugh" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Raven's Home episode "Sorry to Father You" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Just Roll With It episode "Family Squabbles" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Gabby Duran & the Unsittables episode "Día de la Dina" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2020 - The Fancy Nancy episodes "Who's the Boss?/Little Miss Lettuce" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2023
  • The Disney Channel Original Movie The Naughty Nine premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Me & Winnie the Pooh episode "Pooh Bear's Morning Routine" premieres on Disney Jr.
• 2024
  • The Kindergarten: The Musical episodes "Do You Hear the Students Sing?/Hello, Dino Dolly!" premiere on Disney Jr. and Disney Channel.
  • The Mickey Mouse Funhouse episodes "Let's Have Fun, Fun, Fun!/Copycat Pete!" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Wizards Beyond Waverly Place episodes "Wiz-Taken Identity" and "Ain't Gnome Party Like a Wizard Party" premiere on Disney Channel.

Streaming

Series

• 2019
  • The Disney Family Sundays episode "Frozen 2: Soap" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Encore! episode "The Sound of Music - 1992 - Flint, MI" premieres on Disney+.
  • The High School Musical: The Musical: The Series episode "The Wonderstudies" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Imagineering Story episode "The Midas Touch" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Mandalorian episode "Chapter 3: The Sin" premieres on Disney+.
  • The Marvel's Hero Project episode "Unstoppable Adonis" premieres on Disney+.
  • The World According to Jeff Goldblum episode "Tattoos" premieres on Disney+.

Shorts

• 2019 - Forky Asks a Question: "What is Art?" premieres on Disney+.
• 2023
  • The following Meet Spidey and His Amazing Friends are added to Disney+:
    • "Tricks For You, Treats For Me"
    • "The New WQ"
    • "Zola Song"
    • "Web-Spinner Suits"
    • "Thing and Herbie"
    • "Web-Spinner Song"

Series

• 2023
  • The Santa Clauses episode "Chapter Ten: Miracle on Dead Creek Road" premieres on Disney+.
  • The following episodes of Hailey's On It! are added to Disney+:
    • "I Know What You Did Last Slumber/Lady and the Trampoline"
    • "Scott's on a Roll/Bye Bye Birdies"
    • "Frankly Fabulous/The Pin is Mightier Than the Swole"
  • The following episodes of Spidey and his Amazing Friends are added to Disney+:
    • "Hide & Seek/Whale of a Time"
    • "Rollin Rhino/The Octopus and the Kitty Cat"
    • "Go With the Lava Flow/An UnBEElievable Rosh Hashanah"
    • "Bootsie's Haunted Adventure/Too Many Tricks, Not Enough Treats"
    • "How to Train Your Doggy/Dome Alone"
• 2024 - Out of My Mind premieres on Disney+.

Home media releases

• 1991 - Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree
• 1995 - Alice in Wonderland along with Tron
• 2005 - Empire (2005 miniseries), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Home Improvement: The Complete Third Season and The Golden Girls: The Complete Third Season (Touchstone Television)
• 2011
  • Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World: Special Edition
  • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas: Special Edition
• 2022 - WALL-E (The Criterion Collection)

Video games

• 2001
  • Adventure of Tokyo Disney Sea is released for the Game Boy Advance.
  • Tarzan: Untamed is released for Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

Character debuts

• 1991 - Belle, Beast, Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Chip, Gaston, LeFou, Maurice, Philippe, Fifi, Sultan, Chef Bouche, Wardrobe, Coat Rack, Monsieur D'Arque, Wolves, Bimbettes
• 1995 - Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Rex, Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Hamm, Bo Peep, Andy Davis, Sid Phillips, Hannah Phillips, Scud, Mutant Toys, Little Green Men, RC, Lenny, Barrel of Monkeys, Sarge, Mrs. Davis, Molly Davis, Mr. Mike, Mutant Toys
• 2015 - Kion, Bunga, Ono, Beshte, Makuu, Ushari, Fuli, Janja, Cheezi, Chungu, Nne, Tano, Mzingo, Tiifu, Zuri, Mwoga
• 2017 - Miguel Rivera, Enrique Rivera, Luisa Rivera, The Riveras, Abuelita, Mamá Coco, Dante, Imelda, Frida Kahlo, Héctor, Pepita, Chicharrón, Ernesto de la Cruz
• 2019 - Ryder Nattura, Honeymaren, Yelana, Lieutenant Mattias, King Runeard, the Nokk, Bruni, Gale, Earth Giants
• 2023 - Asha, Valentino, Star, King Magnifico, Queen Amaya, Sabino, Sakina, Dahlia, Simon, Gabo, Safi, Hal, Bazeema, Dario

People

Births

• 1921 - Rodney Dangerfield † (stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, producer, screenwriter, musician, and author)
• 1924 - Geraldine Page † (actress)
• 1956 - Richard Kind (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
• 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis (actress and author)
• 1963 - Brian Robbins (director, producer, screenwriter, and actor)
• 1965 - Mads Mikkelsen (actor, voice actor, and dancer)
• 1967 - Mark Ruffalo (actor, director, producer, and screenwriter)
• 1984 - Scarlett Johansson (actress, voice actress, singer, and professional model)
• 1989 - Alden Ehrenreich (actor)
• 1993 - Adèle Exarchopoulos (actress)
• 1995 - Katherine McNamara (actress and singer)
• 1996 - Madison Davenport (actress, voice actress, and singer)
• 2000
  • Auli'i Cravalho (actress, voice actress, and singer)
  • Ariel Martin (social media personality, actress, and singer)

Deaths

• 1954 - Moroni Olsen (actor)
• 1986 - Jerry Colonna (musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, and trombonist)
• 1992 - Sterling Holloway (actor and voice actor)
• 2012 - Mel Shaw (animator, design artist, writer, and artist)

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