- February 9
- Re-assembly of a refurbished third locomotive for Disneyland is completed. [328.245]
- February
- Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The Story of Vickie. It was originally titled Maedchenjahre einer Koenigin (Girlhood of a Queen). [23] [76.173] [111.396]
- February 17
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Perri for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring. [39.489]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Truth About Mother Goose for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons. [39.489]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Portugal for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Live-Action Subjects. [39.489]
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Wetback Hound for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Live-Action Subjects. [39.489]
- February 26
- The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the fourth "The Saga of Andy Burnett" episode, Land of the Enemies. [370.394] [501.481]
- March 5
- The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the fifth "Saga of Andy Burnett" episode, The White Man's Medicine. [370.394] [501.482]
- March 12
- The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the sixth "Saga of Andy Burnett" episode, The Big Council. [370.394] [501.482]
- March
- Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The Missouri Traveler. The film was not made by Disney. [23] [76.142] [267.241] (January [111.375])
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- March 19
- The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Magic and Music. [228.303] [370.394]
- March 26
- The 30th Annual Academy Awards celebration is televised with Donald Duck (on film) co-hosting. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Live-Action Subjects) for the Disney film The Wetback Hound. [23] [38.287] [39.489] [1357]
- March 27
- The third locomotive for the Disneyland railroad makes its first test run around the park. [328.245]
- March 28
- The #3 Disneyland locomotive, named the Fred Gurley, begins public operation. [26] [228.136] [328.248,391]
- March 31
- The Grand Canyon Diorama attraction opens in Disneyland, part of the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad. At 306 feet long, it is the world's longest seamless hand-woven canvas. The attraction cost US$367,814 to build. [9] [4] [26] [228.215] [328.248,270] [1300.193]
- April 9
- The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled An Adventure in the Magic Kingdom. [228.6] [370.394] [1378.8]
- April
- At Disneyland, the Tomorrowland Station is added. [228.137] [328.270]
- Disney re-releases the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to theaters. [25] [42.1985] [56.77] [79.32] [177.73] [501.509]
- Buena Vista releases the RKO live-action feature film Stage Struck. [23] [76.31] (March [111.395])
- April 16
- The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Four Tales on a Mouse. [228.192] [370.394]
- April 30
- The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled An Adventure in Art. [1378.7] [370.394]
- May 14
- The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Magic Highway U.S.A.. [228.304] [370.394]
- May
- Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The Proud Rebel to theaters. [76.48] [111.385] (June [111.385]) (Proud Rebels [23])
- June 10
- Disney releases the 11th People and Places film, Wales, to theaters. [23] [85.349] [501.591]
- June 11
- Disney releases the 12th People and Places film, Scotland, to theaters. [23] [85.349] [501.488]
- June 13
- The Hills Bros. Coffee House and Coffee Garden opens in Town Square at Disneyland. [1300.208]
- June 14
- The Sailing Ship Columbia attraction opens in Disneyland. It is a full-scale replica of the original Columbia, the first ship to circumnavigate the globe, in 1787. Disney's ship cost US$300,000 to build. [4] [9] [26.87] [1300.367] [1378.147]
- The dock in Frontierland along the southwest side of the Rivers of America is named Fowler's Harbor. [1300.174]
- The Alice in Wonderland ride opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland. [9] [26] [757.37] [1300.44] [1378.20]
- June
- The Mad Hatter of Main Street shop opens in Town Square at Disneyland. [228.302] [1300.248]
- June 19
- A fourth locomotive arrives at Disney's backlot, to be rebuilt and put into service at Disneyland. It was purchased in New Jersey for US$2000. [328.254]
- (month unknown)
- General Mills offers a free cut-out doll of Annette Funicello on its Cheerios cereal boxes. [245.47]
- The Disneyland TV show begins to air on Japanese television. [56.189]
- Disney releases the animated film compilation From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen. [23]
- Production of Mickey Mouse watches is discontinued, due to a decline in interest. [113.109]
- Disney releases the animated and live-action film Man in Flight. [23]
- Disney releases the animated and live-action 16-mm film Magic Highway. [23]
- Disney releases the animated and live-action film Man and the Moon. [23]
- The second "Dell Color Comics" comic book Bongo and Lumpjaw is published. [113.329]
- The "Dell Color Comics" comic book "Comic Album" featuring Donald Duck is first published. [113.329]
- The second "Dell Color Comics" comic book "Comic Album" featuring Donald Duck is published. [113.329]
- Walt Disney commissions Economics Research Associates to find a suitable location for a second Disney attraction. The recommendation is Florida. [23] [48.333] (1959 [267.249])
- The Hills Brothers Coffee House opens on Town Square at Disneyland. [228.235]
- Disney's Circarama film America the Beautiful is shown at the Brussels World's Fair. [20] [23] [228.21,93]
- Disney releases the animated and live-action film Our Friend the Atom to theaters. [23]
- The American Humane Association awards a PATSY award (First Place (Motion Picture)) to Spike, the dog from the film Old Yeller. [45.612]
- Disney re-releases the film Peter Pan to theaters. [25] [228.385]
- The Space Station X-1 exhibit at Disneyland is renamed Satellite View of America. [501.515]
- Disney and NBC jointly commission Stanford Research Institute to do a feasibility study for a new park in New Jersey near Secaucus. The resulting study does not favor a park at that location, due to weather and cost. [1102.603]
- The Our Future in Colors exhibit at Disneyland is renamed Color Gallery. [1300.314]
- July 9
- Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Light in the Forest to theaters. The film is based on the novel by Conrad Richter. [23] [13] [49.268] [50.300] [76.72] [111.369] [228.288] [370.146]
- Disney releases the thirteenth People and Places film, Ama Girls, to theaters. [23] [85.349] [1378.26]
- August 1
- Disneyland sponsors Disney Night at the Hollywood Bowl. Highlight of the entertainment is a 1000-foot glide over the audience by Helen "Tiny Kline" Klein dressed at Tinker Bell. (Three years later, the Tinker Bell glide begins nightly performances at Disneyland.) [754.63]
- Disney releases the animated short film Paul Bunyan to theaters. [16] [23] [85.349] [228.381] (1957 [13])
- August 12
- Buena Vista releases Disney's True-Life Adventure film White Wilderness, to theaters. [13] [23] [49.268] [76.153] [79.148] [370.148] [501.609] (October [111.409])
- August 16
- The Fire Truck begins transportation services on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland. [9] [26] [228.185] [1300.261]
- September 1
- The American Dairy Association Exhibit (Dairy Bar) food facility in Disneyland closes. [1300.46] [1378.168]
- September 3
- The ABC TV network airs the last Disneyland TV show. [24] [34.249] [57.48] [83.697] [84.899] [228.134] (changed for 1959-60 season [85.355])
- September 12
- The ABC TV network premieres the Walt Disney Presents TV show, on Friday nights, 8:00 to 9:00. The show was previously titled Disneyland and aired on Wednesday nights. [381.316,524] [387.182] [501.593]
- September 15
- The Viewliner Train of Tomorrow attraction is permanently closed, to make way for new attractions. In its 15-month operational life, it carried 1,430,683 passengers. (Attractions replacing its space will be the Matterhorn Bobsleds, Submarine Voyage, and Monorail.) [501.587] [1300.436] (September 30 [328.294])
- October 3
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the first "Elfego Baca" episode, The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca. [83.697] [228.158] [370.394]
- October 10
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled The Pigeon That Worked a Miracle. [228.388] [370.394]
- October
- Roger Broggie and Joe Fowler of the Disney company visit Alweg Corporation in Cologne, Germany. They conclude that the Alweg monorail system could be successfully operated at Disneyland. [328.297]
- October 17
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the second "Elfego Baca" episode, Four Down and Five Lives to Go. [228.159] [370.394]
- October 24
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Rusty and the Falcon. [370.394] [501.480]
- October 31
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the first "Tales of Texas John Slaughter" episode. [83.697] [370.394] [501.547]
- November 7
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the film His Majesty - The King of Beasts, previously called The African Lion. [228.235] [370.394]
- November 14
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the second "Tales of Texas John Slaughter" episode, Ambush at Laredo. [370.394] [501.547]
- November
- Disney releases the film The Sign of Zorro in theaters in Japan. [23] [501.499]
- November 21
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the film The Boston Tea Party, which is the first half of the film Johnny Tremain. [370.394]
- November 26
- Disney releases the animated short film The Legend of Sleepy Hollow to theaters. It was originally part of the feature film Ichabod and Mr. Toad. [23] [85.349] [228.285]
- November 28
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the third "Elfego Baca" episode, Lawman or Gunman. [228.159] [370.395]
- December 5
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the film The Shot That Was Heard Around the World, which is the second half of the film Johnny Tremain. [370.395]
- December 12
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the fourth "Elfego Baca" episode, Law and Order, Incorporated. [228.159] [370.395]
- December 15
- The Junior Autopia attraction at Disneyland closes for major remodelling. [228.269] [1300.230]
- December
- Disney releases the animated film You - and Your Food. [23] [501.626]
- Disney releases the animated film You - the Living Machine. [23] [501.627]
- December 17
- Disney makes a limited release of the live-action short film Grand Canyon to theaters. [228.215]
- December 19
- The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled From All of Us to All of You. [228.197] [370.395]
- December 21
- Disneyland debuts The Candlelight Procession and Massed Choir Ceremony. [755.55] [1378.114]
- December 25
- Disney releases the fourteenth People and Places film Seven Cities of Antarctica to theaters. [23] [85.349] [501.493]
- Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Tonka to theaters. The film is based on the novel Comanche by David Appel. [23] [49.268] [76.156] [111.403] [370.150] [501.563] (Tonka/A Horse Named Comanche [13])
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