Mickey Mouse was conceived in a train journey. The Disneys ( Walt Disney and his wife ) were travelling from New York to Los Angelas. Oswald the Rabbit, the Disney creation was lost to his financial backers. The idea of a mouse was at the back of his mind. Though a mouse is a creature that scares, still itis a sympathetic character. He conjured up images of the mouse in red velvet paints. He was christened Mortimer but at the end of the journey in Los Angelas, he got his new name Mickey. Mortimer, to the mind of Lilian, Disney’s wife, was too pompous.

On November 18, 2014, Mickey turned 86. It had made its debut on November 18, 1928.

In 1955, Mickey Mouse made his debut on TV in the Mickey Mouse Club television show. Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 18, 1978 in honour of his %0th anniversary. He was given his own entry in the Encyclopaedia Britannica in 1934.