1960

January 1

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the third "The Swamp Fox" episode, Tory Vengeance. [85.359] [501.532]

January 8

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the fourth "The Swamp Fox" episode, Day of Reckoning. [85.359] [501.532]

January 15

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the fifth "The Swamp Fox" episode, Redcoat Strategy. [85.359] [501.533]

January 21

• Disney releases the animated short film Goliath II to theaters. This is the first Disney film to be fully animated using the Xerox process for transfering pencil drawings directly to cels. [16] [23] [15] [85.349] [228.209] (1959 [13])
• Disney releases the live-action short film Gala Day at Disneyland to theaters. [23] [85.349] [228.201]
• Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus to theaters. The film is based on the novel by James Otis Kaler. [13] [23] [50.300] [79.165] [370.165] [501.560] (Toby Tyler [111.402]) (January 21)

January 22

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the sixth "The Swamp Fox" episode, A Case of Treason. [85.359] [501.533]

January 29

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Wild Burro of the West. [85.359] [501.611]

February 5

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Two Happy Amigos. [85.359] [501.577]

February 12

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the tenth "Tales of Texas John Slaughter" episode, Desperado from Tombstone. [85.359] [501.548]

February 17

• The Satellite View of America exhibit at Disneyland closes. [501.515]

February 19

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the 11th "Tales of Texas John Slaughter" episode, Apache Friendship. [85.359] [228.27] [501.548]

February 22

• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Sleeping Beauty for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. [39.499]
• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Noah's Ark for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons. [39.499]
• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mysteries of the Deep for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Live-Action Subjects. [39.499]
• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Donald in Mathmagic Land for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons. [39.499]

February 24

• Buena Vista premieres Disney's live-action feature film Kidnapped in selected theaters. The film is based on the book by Robert Louis Stevenson. [228.274] [230.31] [250.98] [370.167]

February 26

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the 12th "Tales of Texas John Slaughter" episode, Kentucky Gunslick. [85.359] [501.548]

March 4

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the 13th "Tales of Texas John Slaughter" episode, Geronimo's Revenge. [85.359] [501.548]

March 11

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled This is Your Life, Donald Duck. [85.359] [501.551]

March

• The film America the Beautiful opens in the Circarama, U.S.A theater in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. [9] [26.26] [228.21,93]

March 16

• Disney releases the True-Life Adventure film Islands of the Sea to theaters. [13] [23] [85.349] [228.258]

March 18

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the ninth "Elfego Baca" episode, Friendly Enemies at Law. [85.359] [228.159]

March 25

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the tenth "The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca" episode, Gus Tomlin Is Dead. [85.359] [228.160]

April 1

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled The Mad Hermit of Chimney Butte. [85.359] [228.302]

April 4

• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Scientific or Technical, Class III) to Ub Iwerks for the design of an optical printer for special effects. [23] [38.311] [39.499]

April 6

• Disney releases the sixteenth People and Places film, Japan, to theaters. [23] [85.349] [228.262]

April

• The Electric Cars attraction begins operation on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland. [9] [26]
• Disney releases the live-action film Texas John Slaughter to theaters in Malaysia. The film comprises the first two televised episodes of the series. [23] [501.547]
• Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Kidnapped to theaters. [13] [23] [15] [49.269] [50.300] [79.167] [111.365] (March 25 [370.167])

April 27

• Disney releases the seventeenth and final People and Places film The Danube to theaters. [23] [85.349] [228.115]

May 19

• Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Pollyanna to theaters. The film is based on the novel by Eleanor H. Porter. [13] [23] [49.269] [50.300] [79.170] [111.384] [209.31] [228.396] [232.85] [370.170] (1961 [15])

May 28

• The Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland attraction opens in Frontierland at Disneyland. The attraction cost US$1.8 million to build. It includes early technology leading to Audio-Animatronics. [9] [20] [4] [26.26] [228.332] [939.71] (June 12 [328.288])
• The Art of Animation display opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. [9] [26.26] [228.30]

June 3

• The Puffin Bakery shop in Disneyland closes. [228.403]

June 10

• The Rainbow Ridge Pack Mules ride at Disneyland re-opens as Pack Mules Through Nature's Wonderland. [9] [26.26] [225.110] [228.378] [1235.20]

June 11

• Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Sign of Zorro to theaters in the US. The film was made by splicing together several episodes of Disney's TV show Zorro. [13] [50.300] [79.179] [111.393] [370.179] [384.141] [501.499]

June 15

• The Hallmark card shop opens on Main Street at Disneyland. [228.225]

June

• Walt Disney Productions buys ABC's one-third interest in Disneyland for US$7.5 million, and is released from their TV contract. ABC cancels Zorro and The Mickey Mouse Club. [48.286] [267.206] [328.222] [426.74] [1102.569] (1957 [238.205])

(month unknown)

• French publicist Paul Winkler signs a written contract with Disney for publishing Disney comic strips in Europe. For the past 30 years, permission had been granted without use of a written contract. [267.210]
• William Zeckendorf proposes that Disney join him as partners in his financially troubled Freedomland park in New York. Walt and Roy Disney decide against it. Soon after, the park closes. [267.243]
• T. Hee and Bob Kurtz begin work on a stop-motion paper sculpture film version of The Emperor's Nightingale. [176.70]
• The King of Siam bestows on Walt Disney the "most noble order of the Crown". [96.79]
• Disneyland welcomes its 20 millionth guest. [26.26]
• Disney receives the Thomas Edison Foundation Award for the film Eyes in Outer Space. [228.171]
• Disney releases the animated film compilation Mickey Mouse Festival to theaters in Germany. [23]
• Disney stages the ceremonies for the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. [48.346]
• The American Humane Association awards a PATSY award (First Place (Motion Picture)) to Shaggy, the dog from the film The Shaggy Dog. [45.612]
• Walt Disney travels to London to visit P.L. Travers, and successfully negotiates the rights to turn the book Mary Poppins into a movie. [34.257] [48.316] [234.114] [267.249]
• Walt Disney begins planning a screen version of P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins story. [17]
• The first Parade of Toys is held in Disneyland. [26.26]
• Walt Disney Productions buys the Western Printing and Lithography share of Disneyland (13.79%). [267.207] [328.222]
• Roy Disney buys out Walt Disney's 17.25% share of Disneyland for Walt Disney Productions. [267.207]
• Disneyland, Inc. becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walt Disney Productions. [328.222] [426.74]
• The Fire-Wagon horse-drawn Main Street vehicle ceases operating at Disneyland. [228.186]
• Walt Disney hires the song writing team of Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman. [37.123] (1961 [99.16])
• A Duckster award, a bronze-colored figure of Donald Duck, is created, and used to honor those who have been of service to the Walt Disney company. [228.152]
• The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway company renews its contract with Disney for a second five-year term, paying US$75,000 in the first three years, then US$100,000 for the last two years, to have its name and logo carried on the Disneyland railroad system. [328.274]
• Walt Disney purchases the film rights to the story The Small One. (A film will be released in 1978.) [501.506]

July

• The Aluminum Hall of Fame attraction at Disneyland closes. [228.20]

July 31

• The Sunkist Citrus House shop opens on Main Street at Disneyland. [501.530]

August 10

• Disney releases the live-action short film The Hound That Thought He was a Raccoon to theaters. The film is based on the story Weecha the Raccoon by Rutherford Montgomery. [23] [85.349] [190.51] [228.243]
• Buena Vista generally releases Disney's last True-Life Adventure film Jungle Cat to theaters. [13] [23] [49.269] [79.172] [111.365] [228.269] [370.172]

August 31

• The Bathroom of Tomorrow exhibit at Disneyland closes. [228.108]

September

• Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is refused entry to Disneyland, due to security concerns. [4] [19] (1959 [228.273])
• Disney releases the film Secrets of the Ant and Insect World for educational use. [501.491]
• Disney releases the 16-mm film Secrets of the Plant World for educational use. [23] [501.492]

(month unknown)

• Disney releases the 16-mm film Secrets of the Underwater World for educational use. [23] [501.492]

September

• The ABC TV network moves the Walt Disney Presents TV show from Friday nights at 7:30 to Sunday nights at 6:30. [381.524] (from Wednesday night [56.76])

October 1

• The Dixieland at Disneyland entertainment event is first held at Disneyland. [756.42]

October

• Walt Disney receives an honorary diploma from his high school in Marceline, Missouri, and dedicates an elementary school in his name. [56.55] [327.31]
• Disney makes a new television agreement with NBC, for 25 shows per year for three years, US$5 million per year. Show to be called Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. [1102.570]

October 16

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Rapids Ahead, showing portions of the films Ten Who Dared and Bear Country. [85.359] [228.408]

October 18

• Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Ten Who Dared to theaters. The film is based on the journal of Major John Wesley Powell. [13] [23] [50.300] [370.174] [501.545] (November [111.399])

October 30

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the Zorro episode El Bandido. [85.359] [384.142] [501.630]

November 6

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the Zorro episode Adios El Cuchillo. [85.359] [384.142] [501.630]

November 13

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Donald's Silver Anniversary. [85.359] [228.148]

November

• The first annual Disney Christmas comic strip is published. [113.19]

November 20

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Moochie of Pop Warner Football: The Pee Wees Versus City Hall. [85.359] [228.339]

November 27

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Moochie of Pop Warner Football: From Ticonderoga to Disneyland. Walt Disney gives a cameo appearance in this show. [85.359] [228.339]

December 4

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring first "Daniel Boone" episode, The Warrior's Path. [85.359] [228.114]

December 11

• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the second "Daniel Boone" episode, And Chase the Buffalo. [85.359] [228.115]

December

• The Skull Rock and Pirate's Cove attraction opens at Disneyland. [9] [939.90]

December 18

• The Christmas in Many Lands parade begins this season's performances at Disneyland. [421.42]
• The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Escape to Paradise, showing portions of the films Swiss Family Robinson and Water Birds. [85.359] [228.168]

December 21

• Disney releases the live-action featurette film The Horse with the Flying Tail to theaters. [23] [85.349] [228.241] (1961 [43.490])

December 23

• Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Swiss Family Robinson to theaters. It cost US$4-5 million to make. The film is based on the novel by Johann Wyss. [5] [6] [7] [13] [49.268] [79.176] [111.398] (December 10 [370.176]) (December 21 [501.534]) (December 24 [23]) (1961 [4])