Today is: Mickey Mouse Day

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"Mickey: The Story of a Mouse" (Nov. 18. Disney+): The iconic cartoon mouse gets the documentary treatment looking at close to 100 years of pop-culture history, from his ongoing artistic significance to the controversies surrounding the beloved critter.
"Mickey: The Story of a Mouse" (Nov. 18. Disney+): The iconic cartoon mouse gets the documentary treatment looking at close to 100 years of pop-culture history, from his ongoing artistic significance to the controversies surrounding the beloved critter.

Mickey Mouse made his screen debut in the short film Steamboat Willie, on Nov. 18, 1928. Today is seen as being Mickey's birthday, as well as Mickey Mouse Day. He was the creation of Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Disney needed a character to replace Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, after he had lost the rights to Oswald to Universal Studios. He asked Iwerks to draw up the new character, and various animals were rejected before a mouse was settled upon. The final choice of a mouse may have been influenced by Disney.

Besides appearing in films, Mickey has appeared in comic strips, and the television series The Mickey Mouse Club, which ran from 1955 until 1996. He has appeared in video games and can be met at Disney theme parks.

Source: Checkiday.com

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