January 26

Theatrical releases[]

Shorts[]

• 1945 - The Clock Watcher

Films[]

• 2020 - Downhill (Searchlight Pictures) receives its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Television[]

• 1972 - The Mouse Factory premieres in syndication with the episode "Vacations".
• 1996
  • The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Pseudoscience" premieres in syndication.
  • The Boy Meets World episode "A Kiss is More Than a Kiss" premieres on ABC.
• 2001 - The Even Stevens episode "Movie Madness" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2002 - The House of Mouse episode "Where's Minnie?" premieres on ABC.
• 2003 - The Stanley episodes "Double-Duty Dad/Look Who's Helping" and "X-Ray X-tra!/Under the Umbrella Bird" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
• 2004 - The Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode "Slugger" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2006 - The Little Einsteins episode "Jump for Joey" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2007 - Cory in the House premieres in the United Kingdom.
• 2008
  • The Johnny and the Sprites episodes "The Bridge Troll/This Is Your Life, Johnny!" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
  • The second season of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse premieres on Playhouse Disney with the episodes "Fancy Dancin' Goofy" and "Goofy the Homemaker".
• 2012 - The Special Agent Oso episodes "The Sitter Who Watched Me/Potty Royale" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2014
  • The Good Luck Charlie episode "Down a Tree" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Liv and Maddie episode "Dump-a-Rooney" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The I Didn't Do It episode "Fireman Freddy's Spaghetti Station" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Austin & Ally episode "Austin & Alias" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2016 - The Agent Carter episode "Better Angels" premieres on ABC.
• 2017 - The Kirby Buckets episode "Closing Time" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2018
  • The PJ Masks episodes "Night of the Cat/Catboy Does it Again" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Sofia the First episode "In Cedric We Trust" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Andi Mack episode "You're the One That I Want" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Stuck in the Middle episode "Stuck with a Diaz Down" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "Best Laid Plans" premieres on ABC.
• 2019
  • The Milo Murphy's Law episodes "Game Night/Pace Makes Waste" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Hiya Henry/People Watching" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Bizaardvark episode "Where There's a Willow There's a Way" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Coop & Cami Ask the World episode "Would You Wrather Escape?" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Big City Greens half-hour special "Uncaged" premieres on Disney XD (originally premiered on Disney Channel on January 11).
• 2020
  • Tangled: The Series premieres its one hour special "Cassandra's Revenge" on Disney Channel.
  • The Big Hero 6: The Series episode "Fred the Fugitive" premieres on Disney Channel (originally premiered on Disney XD on January 18).
  • The Star Wars Resistance series finale "The Escape" premieres on Disney XD and Disney Channel.
• 2024
  • The Spidey and his Amazing Friends episodes "Journey Through Zola/Villaintines Day" premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Mickey Mouse Funhouse season two finale "Crystal Clearwater Vs. The Annoying Algae/Trolland's Big Adventure!" premieres on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.

Home media[]

• 1986 - Disney's Greatest Lullabies, (3) Walt Disney Video-A Longs, and The Blue Yonder
• 2010
  • I [Heart] Jonas
  • Surrogates (Touchstone Home Entertainment)

Theme park happenings[]

• 1994 - Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin opens at Disneyland.
• 2020 - In response to the growing outbreak of the deadly coronavirus spreading throughout China, the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort closed its gates temporarily until Summer.
• 2023 - Mickey's Mix Magic has its final performance at Disneyland.

Cruise Line[]

• 2011 - Disney Dream goes into operation.

Books[]

• 2011 - Cupcakes and More

People[]

Births[]

• 1905 - Charles Lane † (character actor)
• 1918 - Vito Scotti † (veteran character actor)
• 1925 - Paul Newman † (actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, and activist)
• 1934 - Bob Uecker (former baseball player, sports commentator, comedian, and actor)
• 1956 - Pat Musick (voice actress)
• 1958 - Ellen DeGeneres (comedian, television host, and actress)
• 1967 - Bryan Callen (actor, comedian, writer, and podcaster)
• 1978 - Kelly Stables (actress and voice actress)
• 1982 - Wes Brown (actor)

Deaths[]

• 1960 - Riley Thomson (animator, director, writer, and comics artist)
• 1987 - Charles Wolcott (composer and songwriter)
• 2001 - Thor Putnam (layout artist)
• 2012 - Ian Abercrombie (actor)