December 16

December 16 is known in checkiday.com as Boston Tea Party Day.

Events

 * 1929 - Walt Disney Studio changes its name to Walt Disney Productions, Ltd. and establishes a few subsidiaries - Walt Disney Enterprises (for merchandising), Disney Film Recording Company, Ltd. (for music), and Liled Realty and Investment Company (for real estate). About eight years later, the subsidiaries would merge with the main company to form Walt Disney Productions.

Shorts

 * 1929 - The Merry Dwarfs
 * 1949 - Toy Tinkers
 * 1978 - The Small One
 * 1983 - Mickey's Christmas Carol

Births

 * 1903 - Hardie Albright (actor)
 * 1934 - Pete Schrum (samee as before)
 * 1945 - Patti Deutsch (voice actress)
 * 1947 - Ben Cross (actor)
 * 1955 - Xander Berkeley (same as above)
 * 1958 - Katie Leigh (live-action/voice actress)
 * 1961
 * Shane Black (screenwriter, director, producer and actor)
 * Jon Tenney (actor)
 * 1963 - Benjamin Bratt (same as above)
 * 1981 - Krysten Ritter (actress, musician, writer and model)
 * 1987
 * Michael Lohan Jr. (actor)
 * Hallee Hirsh - (actress)
 * 1988 - Anna Popplewell (same as above)
 * 1998 - Kiara Muhammad (live-action/voice actress and singer)

Deaths

 * 1997 - Lillian Disney (wife of Walt Disney)
 * 2009 - Roy E. Disney (Consultant of The Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney's nephew)

Films

 * 1953 - Peter Pan is released in Italy.
 * 1977 - Candleshoe
 * 1978 - 1940's Pinocchio (Re-issue)
 * 1983 - 1977's The Rescuers (Re-issue)
 * 2016 - Rogue One

Television

 * 1990 - Disney Channel Christmas premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 1995 - The Timon & Pumbaa episode "Okay Bayou?/Shake Your Djibouti" premieres in syndication.
 * 1999 - The PB&J Otter premiere on Playhouse Disney with the episode "Baby Butter's Bankie /Three Super Otters".
 * 2000 - The Teacher's Pet episode "A Dog for All Seasons" and the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Holiday Time" premiere on ABC.
 * 2006
 *  American Dragon: Jake Long  premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Hairy Christmas".
 * The W.I.T.C.H. episode "Y is for Yield" premieres.

VHS & DVD releases

 * 1994 - Disney Sing Along Songs: Circle of Life
 * 2003 - Freaky Friday
 * 2008
 *  The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea: Special Edition 
 *  The Little Mermaid Trilogy  box set
 * Peter Pan: 3-Movie Collection box set

DVD & Blu-ray releases

 * 2008 - The Cheetah Girls: One World: Extended Music Edition
 * 2014 - The Love Bug (Disney Movie Club Exclusive)
 * 2017 - Frozen :Collector's Edition (Disney Movie Club Exclusive re-release)