Learn About Mickey Mouse Day

Mickey Mouse Day is celebrated annually on the 18th of November, and this day celebrates the birth anniversary of one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time, the cute and adorable Mickey Mouse.

It all started with a short film called "Steamboat Willie", and since then, Mickey has become a symbol of family fun, hope in adversity, and reaching for dreams, and from there, the entire fantasy world of Disney was born.

The History of Mickey Mouse Day

Created as a stand-in for the previous Disney character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey Mouse first appeared in the short Plane Crazy, and first appeared publicly in the short" Steamboat Willie "(1928), one of the first sound animations. The character was originally intended to be called "Mortimer Mouse" until Lillian Disney instead suggested "Mickey" during a train trip.

The eight-minute black-and-white cartoon from which Mickey Mouse appears to the world premiere at the Colony Theater in New York City on November 18, 1928.

According to the film website IMDB, Mickey Mouse appears in the film driving a steam-powered boat and turning animals on the boat into musical instruments to entertain Minnie Mouse.

The famous cute mouse character appeared later in the Disney cartoon (Fantasia) in 1942, and then Disney presented it in the TV series (The Mickey Mouse Club), which won the admiration of children during the fifties of the twentieth century, as the Walt Disney Company describes Mickey Mouse as its global ambassador.

Elegant clothes and human-like behavior are the nature of "Mickey", the companion of children who enriched their childhood imagination with many adventures with his friend "Minnie Mouse" and his dog "Pluto" and his friends "Goofy" and "Hazelnut".

The character was initially silent for several years until she began to speak, and the voice was initially the voice of Walt Disney himself, the creator of the character.

The fame of Mickey Mouse reached an unprecedented level as it became the official logo of Disney Studios, where they launch a program in 1955 and called it “The Mickey Mouse Club”, which was presented by some celebrities such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake.

One of the most prominent influences of the Mickey Mouse character in American society and the world is that some stamps were issued bearing his image, watches and diaries bearing the character of Mickey Mouse were manufactured and met with great success, and even some pieces of jewelry was manufactured in the form of Mickey Mouse.

One of the funny things is that during the "Normandy" operation of the Allies during World War II, the password to start the operation was "Mickey Mouse".

In celebration of Mickey Mouse's birthday, Disney annually opens a 16,000-square-foot art gallery in Manhattan featuring original artwork, photo ops, and souvenirs.