- January 31
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Gallegher, part two. [228.201] [370.398]
- February 5
- Walt Disney sells his interests in WED Enterprises to Walt Disney Productions for US$60 million, and forms Retlaw to handle rights to his name and receipts from the Disneyland trains. [328.174] [501.467,601] [745.41] [1102.629] [1364.62]
- February 7
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Gallegher, part three. [228.201] [370.398]
- February 13
- Disney releases the Goofy film Freewayphobia No. 1 to theaters. [16] [23] [85.350] [228.195]
- February 21
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled An Otter in the Family. [228.376] [370.398]
- February 25
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Best Picture. This is Disney's first Best Picture nomination. [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Writing, Screenplay - Based on Material from Another Medium. [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Cinematography, Color. [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Art Direction - Set Decoration. [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Sound. [39.528]
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- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Film Editing. [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Music Score - Substantially Original. [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment. [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Costume Design, Color. [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Special Visual Effects. [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates Julie Andrews for her role in the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Actress. [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates Robert Stevenson for the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Directing. [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the song "Chim Chim Cher-ee" in the film Mary Poppins for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Song. [39.528]
- February 28
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Almost Angels, part one. [370.398]
- March 7
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Almost Angels, part two. [370.398]
- March 14
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Kilroy, part one. [228.275] [370.398]
- March
- The Fashions and Fabrics Through the Ages show debuts at Disneyland, sponsored by Monsanto. [1300.165]
- March 21
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Kilroy, part two. [228.275] [370.398]
- March 28
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Kilroy, part three. [228.275] [370.398]
- April 4
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Kilroy, part four. [228.275] [370.398]
- April 5
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Actress) to Julie Andrews for her role in the film Mary Poppins. [11] [17] [23] [38.374] [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Music, Song) to Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman for the song "Chim Chim Cher-ee" in the film Mary Poppins. [11] [17] [23] [38.374] [39.528] [369.99]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Music, Music Score - Substantially Original) for the film Mary Poppins. [11] [17] [23] [38.374] [39.528]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Film Editing) to Cotton Warburton for the film Mary Poppins. [11] [17] [23] [38.374] [39.528] [369.99]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Special Visual Effects) to Peter Ellenshaw, Hamilton Luske, and Eustace Lycett for the film Mary Poppins. [11] [17] [23] [38.374] [39.528] [369.99]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Scientific or Technical, Class I) to Ub Iwerks, Petro Vlahos, and Wadsworth Pohl for the conception and perfection of techniques for Color Traveling Matte Composite Cinematography. [23] [38.374] [39.528]
- May 4
- The Orlando Sentinel newspaper reports rumors of an "East Coast Disneyland". [1073.97]
- May 27
- The Miami Herald newspaper reports Disney may be one possible buyer of some 30,000 acres 12 miles southwest of Orlando. [1364.126]
- (month unknown)
- The Circle-Vision film Magic of the Rails is released at an exposition in Lucerne, Switzerland. It was produced by Disney for the Swiss Federal Railways. [23] [228.304]
- Disney produces the animation and live-action 16-mm film Steel and America for the American Iron and Steel Institute. The film includes Donald Duck. [23] [85.350] [501.522]
- Disney releases the live-action feature film Johnny Shiloh to theaters in Europe. [23] [85.361]
- Sears introduces a line of children's clothing based on Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh characters. [199.D5]
- Disney releases the animated film compilation Carnaval De Walt Disney to theaters in Argentina. [23]
- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards a Golden Globe Award (Actress, Comedy or Musical) to Julie Andrews for her role in the film Mary Poppins. [369.49]
- Disney releases the live-action feature film The Legend of Young Dick Turpin to theaters. [23]
- Former US President Eisenhower presents Walt Disney the Freedom Foundation Award. [48.224a]
- Disney releases the film Flash, the Teenage Otter to theaters in the US. [23] [85.350]
- The American Humane Association awards a PATSY award (First Place (Motion Picture)) to Patrina, the tiger from the film A Tiger Walks. [45.612]
- Disney releases the animated film compilation Walt Disney's Fun Parade to theaters in Italy. [23]
- Disney releases the animated film compilation Kids is Kids. [23]
- Disney releases the animated and live-action film Square Peg in a Round Hole It is also known as Goofing Around with Donald Duck. [23] [85.361]
- Disney releases the live-action film The Wahoo Bobcat to theaters in Europe. [23] [85.361]
- Disney releases the animated and live-action film Von Drake in Spain to theaters in Europe. [23] [85.360]
- Disney releases the animated film compilation Pile ou Farces de Walt Disney to theaters in France. [23]
- MAPO is incorporated, named after MAry POppins. The company is a research and manufacturing subsidiary of WED Enterprises. [328.131] [228.310]
- Disney re-releases the film Cinderella to theaters. [25] [1378.137]
- Disney puts the Zorro TV series into syndication. [384.121]
- Disney re-releases the film Old Yeller to theaters. [228.367]
- Warren Buffet buys five percent of Disney stock for US$4 million. [745.203]
- July 14
- Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Monkey's Uncle to theaters. It is a sequel to the film The Misadventures of Merlin Jones. Music group The Beach Boys make their motion picture debut. [13] [23] [43.724] [79.236] [111.376] [232.50] (June 23 [228.338] [370.236])
- July
- The Super Goof character debuts in Donald Duck comic #102. [501.530]
- July 18
- The Plaza Inn restaurant opens on the hub at Disneyland. It was formerly the Red Wagon Inn. [26.53] [228.390] [1300.352]
- The Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln attraction opens in the Main Street Opera House at Disneyland. [9] [4] [19] [26.45] [228.217] [757.38] [939.29] [1300.195]
- August 12
- Disneyland welcomes its 50-millionth guest, Mary Adams. [228.134]
- August 31
- The U.S. Forest Service announces it has received six bids to develop a ski resort on Mineral King in California. A proposal from Disney is one of two leading candidates. Disney's US$35 million proposal includes up to 27 chair lifts with capacity for 11,400 seats per hour, hotels for up to 3000 guests, and ten-story underground parking for 3600 cars. (The issue will be challenged in the courts for years, until the idea is abandoned in 1978.) [267.290] [482.34]
- September 19
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Yellowstone Cubs. [370.398]
- September 22
- Disney releases the Goofy film Freewayphobia #2 (Goofy's Freeway Trouble) to theaters. [16] [23] [228.213] (not a Goofy film [85.350])
- September 26
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Further Adventures of Gallegher: A Case of Murder. [228.199] [370.398]
- October 3
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Further Adventures of Gallegher: The Big Swindle. [228.199] [370.398]
- October 10
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Further Adventures of Gallegher: The Daily Press vs. City Hall. [228.199] [370.398]
- October
- The New York World's Fair closes. 47 million visitors over two years saw at least one of Disney's four exhibits. [1102.601]
- To date, Disney planners have acquired 27,443 acres (43 square miles) in central Florida, at a cost of just over US$5 million. [5] [24] [48.337] [91.31] [113.315] [328.311] (late 1964 [34.262])
- October 17
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Flight of the White Stallions, part one. This film was released as The Miracle of the White Stallions. [370.398]
- October 21
- Reporter Emily Bavar writes in the Orlando Sentinel predicting the mystery land buyer is Walt Disney. [1379.15]
- October 24
- The Orlando Sentinel newspaper runs a story with headline "We say: 'Mystery' Industry is Disney". [267.284] [1342.8] [1364.154]
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Flight of the White Stallions, part two. [370.398]
- October 25
- Florida Governor Hayden Burns confirms reports that Walt Disney Productions is purchasing large amounts of land in Florida. [1073.97] [1102.607] [1342.9]
- November 3
- Walt Disney appears on The Jack Benny Hour TV show. [650.83] [1378.71]
- November 7
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Minado, the Wolverine. [228.332] [370.398]
- November 14
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Three Lives of Thomasina, part one. [370.398]
- November 15
- At the Cherry Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida, Walt Disney, Roy Disney, and Florida Governor Hayden Burns make the first public announcement of plans to build a new Disney theme park near Orlando. (It will open in six years as Walt Disney World Resort.) [22] [24] [40.282] [48.337] [91.31] [238.205] [267.285] [481.46] [501.596] [1073.97] [1102.607] [1342.8] [1364.12] (November 16 [192.46] [252.16]) (September 15 [23])
- November
- The comic book Super Goof debuts. [501.530]
- November 21
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Three Lives of Thomasina, part two. [370.398]
- November 28
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Three Lives of Thomasina, part three. [370.398]
- (month unknown)
- The Fantasy on Parade Christmas parade debuts at Disneyland. [26.26] [228.174]
- December 2
- Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film That Darn Cat! to theaters. The film is based on the book Undercover Cat by Millie and Gordon Gordon. [13] [17] [23] [15] [370.238] [501.549] (That Darn Cat [43.1082] [49.271] [111.400] [190.25])
- December 5
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Summer Magic, part one. [370.398]
- December 12
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Summer Magic, part two. [370.398]
- December
- The first issue of Disney News is issued, produced by Milt Albright, Manager of the Magic Kingdom Club. [91.30]
- The Fashions and Fabrics Through the Ages show at Disneyland closes. [1300.165]
- December 19
- The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood. [370.398]
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