- February 5
- Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Misadventures of Merlin Jones to theaters. The film is based on a story by Bill Walsh. [13] [23] [43.710] (January [111.375]) (January 22 [228.334] [370.218])
- February 9
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, part one. [370.397] [501.487]
- February
- Thirty-six Disneyland cast members create an "official certificate of membership in the Order of the Red Handkerchief". Eligible members are those who had operated the Mine Train Thru Rainbow Caverns. 256 cast members become members. [328.293]
- February 16
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, part two. [370.397] [501.487]
- February 22
- The Below Decks Museum attraction opens on the Sailing Ship Columbia attraction in Frontierland at Disneyland. [9] [26.26] [1300.367] [1378.147]
- February 23
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, part three. [370.397] [501.487]
- February 24
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Sword in the Stone for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment. [39.522]
- March 1
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Legend of Two Gypsy Dogs. [228.285] [370.397]
- March 8
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring For the Love of Willadean, part one. [370.397]
- March 11
- Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film A Tiger Walks to theaters. The film is based on a novel by Ian Niall. [13] [23] [43.1110] [79.220] [111.402] (March 12 [370.220] [501.558])
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- March 15
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring For the Love of Willadean, part two. [370.397]
- March
- The Ruggles China and Glass House shop opens on Main Street at Disneyland. [501.478] [1300.365]
- March 22
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled In Shape with Von Drake, with Ludwig von Drake. [228.253]
- March 29
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Greyfriars Bobby, part one. [370.397]
- April 5
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Greyfriars Bobby, part two. [370.397]
- April 12
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring the film Jungle Cat. [370.397]
- April 15
- Disney lawyer Robert Foster leaves New York bound for Florida, to begin land purchases for Disney. He uses the name Robert Price to keep his identity secret. [267.279]
- April 16
- The Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln exhibit for the New York World's Fair passes testing at WED headquarters in California. [48.311]
- April 17
- The Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln exhibit is shipped from California to New York. [48.311]
- April 22
- The New York World's Fair opens, for the 300th birthday of New York City. Walt Disney's WED company constructed pavilions for: Ford (Magic Skyway), General Electric (Progressland), the state of Illinois (Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln), and Pepsi-Cola / UNICEF (It's a Small World). [48.308] [228.356] [1364.98] (April 1 [267.279])
- May 2
- The Illinois Pavillion opens at the New York World's Fair, with Disney's Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln operating flawlessly. [48.313] [228.32]
- May
- Disney releases the animated 16-mm film Four Artists Paint One Tree. [23] [228.192]
- The first death in Disneyland is recorded. 15-year old Mark Maples stands up while on the Matterhorn Bobsleds ride, and is catapulted out. He dies four days after the incident. [163] [450.170]
- Disney releases the live-action feature film Geronimo's Revenge to theaters in England. [23] [228.204]
- Disney releases the film The Three Lives of Thomasina to theaters in London, England. [43.1101]
- May 17
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair. [226.93] [228.135] [370.397]
- June 3
- Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Three Lives of Thomasina to theaters. The film is based on the book Thomasina by Paul Gallico. [13] [49.271] [246.91] [370.221] (June 6 [245.93] [501.554])
- (month unknown)
- The first edition of Walt Disney's Disneyland souvenir book is published. [19]
- The Jungle Cruise attraction at Disneyland is expanded with a trapped safari and African veldt region. [228.269]
- A three-masted windjammer is added to Disneyland's Frontierland. [4]
- The "Gold Key" comic book The Beagle Boys is first published. [113.329]
- Walt Disney begins developing concepts for EPCOT center. [6]
- Disney releases the animated film Goofy Sports Story. [23]
- United Airlines begins sponsoring the Enchanted Tiki Room attraction at Disneyland. [228.164]
- Disney releases the live-action feature film Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates in Europe. [23] [85.360]
- Disney releases the live-action feature film The Waltz King to theaters in Europe. [23] [85.361]
- Disney releases the animated film compilation The Merry Troupe to theaters in Italy. [23]
- Disney releases the live-action short film Flash, the Teenage Otter to theaters in England. [23] [85.350]
- Disney releases the 16-mm film Sancho, the Homing Steer for educational use. [23]
- Disney releases the film Golden Horseshoe Revue to theaters in the US. [85.350]
- Disney releases the animated film compilation Grand Parade of Walt Disney or Lustige Micky Maus Revue to theaters in Germany. [23]
- Disney releases the live-action short film The Silver Fox and Sam Davenport to theaters in Germany. [85.324]
- Disney releases the film The Silver Fox and Sam Davenport to theaters in the UK. [23]
- Disney releases the animated film compilation Donald Duck Goes West to theaters in Sweden. [23]
- The American Humane Association awards a PATSY award (First Place (Motion Picture)) to Tom Dooley, the dog from the film Savage Sam. [45.612]
- Disney releases the animated film compilation Festival De Dibujos to theaters in Argentina. [23]
- John Hench creates a sketch of a proposed new thrill attraction for Disneyland's Tomorrowland, called Space Port. (It later becomes Space Mountain.) [226.21]
- The Autopia in Tomorrowland at Disneyland is redesigned. [1378.49]
- The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards an Emmy Award (outstanding achievement in Art Direction and Scenic Design) to Carroll Clark and Marvin Davis of the Walt Disney Studio for the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color TV show. [228.118,161,340]
- The name of the Mickey Mouse Club Theater in Disneyland is changed to Fantasyland Theater. [228.323] [939.88] [1300.280]
- Buena Vista re-releases the film So Dear to My Heart in theaters. [501.511]
- July 8
- Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Moon-Spinners to theaters in the US. The film is based on the novel by Mary Stewart. [13] [23] [43.726] [79.223] [111.376] (July 2 [228.340] [370.223])
- July
- Disney releases the film The Moon-Spinners to theaters in London, England. [13] [23] [43.726]
- (month unknown)
- Disney lawyer Robert Foster agrees to an option to purchase 12,400 acres in Florida owned by three Orlando home builders for US$145 per acre. [267.281]
- Robert Foster buys 1250 acres of land north of Bay Lake, Florida. [267.282]
- Robert Foster buys an 8500 acre cattle ranch in Osceola County, Florida. [267.282]
- August 7
- The Astro-Jets ride at Disneyland is renamed Tomorrowland Jets. [1300.54]
- August 27
- Buena Vista premieres Disney's live-action and animated film Mary Poppins at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The film is based on the Mary Poppins books by P.L. Travers. The film cost US$5.175 million to produce, the most spent on a Disney film. (Worldwide theater gross receipts: US$50 million.) [1] [8] [13] [17] [22] [25] [11] [23] [15] [34.259] [40.273] [48.321] [193.35] [228.314] [235.53] [246.93] [257.24] [417.67] [665.24] (August 26 [43.690]) (August 29 [370.226]) (January 1965 [111.374])
- August 29
- Buena Vista generally releases the film Mary Poppins to theaters. [85.226] [97.253] [113.304] [191] [228.314] [322.26] (October [370.226])
- September 14
- US President Lyndon Johnson presents Walt Disney with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for a lifetime of achievement. [48.327] [92.121] [228.399] [234.121] [417.67] (April [34.261])
- September
- Disney releases the 16-mm film Large Animals of the Arctic for educational use. [23] [228.281]
- Disney releases the 16-mm film The Lemmings and Arctic Bird Life for educational use. [23] [228.286]
- Disney releases the 16-mm film All About Weightlessness for educational use. It uses portions of the film Man in Space. [23] [1378.23]
- Disney releases the 16-mm film Arctic Region and its Polar Bears for educational use. It includes portions of the film White Wilderness. [23] [1378.39]
- September 20
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon. [370.397]
- September 25
- The fifth annual Dixieland at Disneyland show is held. [756.42]
- September 27
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Nikki, Wild Dog of the North, part one. [370.397]
- October 4
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Nikki, Wild Dog of the North, part two. [370.397]
- October 11
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled A Rag, a Bone, a Box of Junk, with Ludwig von Drake. [228.408] [370.397]
- October 18
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Tenderfoot, part one. [370.397] [501.545]
- October 25
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Tenderfoot, part two. [370.397] [501.545]
- November 1
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Tenderfoot, part three. [370.397] [501.545]
- November 8
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring One Day at Teton Marsh. The film is based on the book by Sally Carrighar. [228.371] [370.397]
- The name of the Circarama theater in Disneyland is changed to Circle-Vision. [1300.106]
- November 15
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Ben and Me, and Peter and the Wolf. [370.397] [1378.71]
- November 22
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Toby Tyler, part one. [370.397]
- November 29
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Toby Tyler, part two. [370.397]
- (month unknown)
- The Christmas in Many Lands parade is held at Disneyland for the last time. [1378.135]
- December 6
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Big Red, part one. [370.397]
- December 13
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Big Red, part two. [370.397]
- December 16
- Disney releases the live-action short film The Tattooed Police Horse to theaters. [23] [43.1071] [85.350] [111.399] (December 18 [501.539])
- Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Emil and the Detectives to theaters. The film was made in West Germany, and is based on a book by Erich Kastner. [13] [23] [43.301] [79.232] [111.348] (December 18 [228.161] [370.232])
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