April 22 is also known as Earth Day.

Theatrical releases

Films

• 1963 - Fantasia (re-issue)
• 1994 - The Inkwell (Touchstone Pictures)
• 2004 - Sacred Planet
• 2005 - A Lot Like Love (Touchstone Pictures)
• 2009 - Earth
• 2010 - Oceans
• 2011
  • African Cats
  • Zokkomon

Television

• 2000
  • The Weekenders episodes "Party Planning" and "Pudding Ball" premiere on ABC.
  • The Disney Channel Original Movie Rip Girls premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2005
  • The Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode "Ploot" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode "Footloser" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The That's So Raven episode "On Top of Old Oakey" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2006 - The Buzz on Maggie episodes "Racooooon!/Best, Best Friends" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2008 - The Handy Manny episodes "Sculptor Manny/Manny Goes Solar" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
• 2011
  • The Jake and the Never Land Pirates episodes "Save the Coral Cove!/Treasure Chest Switcheroo" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Handy Manny episodes "To Catch a Litter Bug/Community Garden" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • College Road Trip premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2012
  • The Austin & Ally episode "MyTAB & My Pet" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Once Upon a Time episode "The Return" premieres on ABC.
• 2013 - The Henry Hugglemonster episodes "Number One Fan/Henry's Hugglefish" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2014 - Fixin' It with Soos: Cuckoo Clock (Gravity Falls) premieres on Disney XD.
• The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "The Only Light in the Darkness" premieres on ABC.
• 2016
  • The PJ Masks episodes "Owlette of a Kind/Beat the Drum, Catboy" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Lion Guard episode "The Mbali Fields Migration" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Mickey Mouse animated short "Ku'u Lei Melody" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2017 - The Elena of Avalor episode "King of the Carnaval" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2019
  • The Lion Guard concludes its second season on Disney Junior with the episode "Fire from the Sky".
  • The Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir episodes "Kung Food" and "Gamer" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The 101 Dalmatian Street episode "The Woof Factor" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2022
  • The Chicken Squad series finale episodes "A Hard Day for Mr. Hardshell/The Doctor is in" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The T.O.T.S. episodes "Best Bird Detectives/Super-Duper Switcheroo" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The PJ Masks episodes "The PJ Riders/Flashcar in the Sky" premiere on Disney Jr.
  • The Raven's Home episode "Retreat Yourself" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2023
  • The Ghost and Molly McGee episodes "A Period Piece/It's Always Sunny in Sunnyland" premiere simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD (originally released on Disney+ on April 2).
  • The Kiff double-length episode "Principal Dance Socks" premieres simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD (originally released on Disney+ on April 12).
  • The Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode "Coney Island, Baby!" premieres on Disney Channel (originally released on Disney+ on April 12).

Streaming

• 2022 - The Simpsons: When Billie Met Lisa premieres on Disney+.
• 2025
  • The second season of Andor premieres on Disney+ with the episodes:
    • "One Year Later"
    • "Sagrona Teema"
    • "Harvest".
  • The Simpsons: Yellow Planet premieres on Disney+.
  • Sea Lions of the Galapagos premieres on Disney+.
• 2026
  • Orangutan premieres on Disney+.
  • The remaining eight episodes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ premiere on Disney+.

Online

• 2023 - How NOT to Draw concludes it's first season with the release of the short "Kiff Cartoon Come to Life!" on Disney Channel's YouTube channel.

Theme park happenings

• 1964 - "It's a small world", Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, Carousel of Progress, and Ford Magic Skyway debut at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
• 1998 - Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World.
• 1999 - Sounds Dangerous!: Starring Drew Carey opens in Disney's Hollywood Studios.
• 2022
  • Disneyland Forever and The Main Street Electrical Parade both returned to Disneyland for a limited time.
  • World of Color returned to Disney California Adventure.
• 2023
  • Disney's Animal Kingdom celebrates its 25th anniversary.
  • The Maleficent Dragon in Fantasmic! caught on fire at Disneyland.

Video games

• 2008 - High School Musical 2: Work This Out! is released for Nintendo DS.

Home media

• 2014 - Cloud 9
• 2025 - Tombstone (4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray release)

People

Births

• 1895 - Margaret J. Winkler † (producer)
• 1928 - Estelle Harris † (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
• 1937 - Jack Nicholson (actor, film director, producer, and writer)
• 1948 - Larry Groce (singer-songwriter and radio host)
• 1959 - Ryan Stiles (actor, voice actor, comedian, producer, and director)
• 1967 - Sherri Shepherd (actress, comedian, author, and television personality)
• 1970 - Leslie Iwerks (director, producer, and writer)
• 1976 - Misty Lee (actress, voice actress, comedian, and magician)
• 1979 - Laura Williams (actress and singer)
• 1982 - Cassidy Freeman (actress and musician)

Deaths

• 1967 - Tom Conway (actor)
• 1994 - Richard Nixon (politician and U.S. president)
• 2009 - Ken Annakin (director)