1928

The Walt Disney cartoon character Mickey Mouse appeared for the first time in front of a public audience in a test screening of the short “Plane Crazy.”

1940

Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in San Bernardino.

1970

Less than two weeks after the shooting at Kent State University, two Black students at Jackson State College in Mississippi were killed and 12 were injured when police opened fire during student demonstrations.