Calvin Coolidge, Thirtieth U.S. President
(1923-1929)
Statehood
48 Continental United States of America, see 1959 for next addition
Entertainment:
Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney's character Mickey Mouse idolizes Charles Lindbergh in his
first silent cartoon
15 May 1928 but was not distributed until after Steamboat Willie's
release and sound was added:
Plane Crazy
Mickey Mouse appears in his first sound cartoon 18 Nov 1928 and is
considered Mickey's birth as it was the first Mickey cartoon to find a
distributor so it is considered his debut:
Steamboat Willie
- Photography:
Edward S. Curtis
(American Photographer of Native Americans 1899-1929)
Science: Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is identified. Loaves of bread are factory sliced.
Anderson, Jean American Century Cookbook.
- Technology:
Amelia Earhart
is the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean