"The Lion Sleeps Tonight", also known as "Wimoweh" and originally
as "Mbube", became a number one hit by The Tokens on December
18, 1961. It went on to earn at least 15 million dollars in royalties
from covers and film licensing.

The Tokens today are from left: Jay Traynor, Jay Siegel and Bill Reid.

The traditional mascot of the Republican party is the elephant. A political cartoon (above) by Thomas Nast, published in Harpers Weekly on November 7, 1874, is considered the first notable appearance  of the symbol.

Thomas Nast is Considered the father of American
political cartooning.

 
Harpers Weekly, 11-7-1874

 

Roy Rogers was born [Leonard Franklin Slye] in Cincinnati, Ohio

                          (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)

The Sugar Bear originally appeared as a character in the 1964 ABC-TV
Saturday morning cartoon Linus the Lionhearted (1964-1969).

                    Hector Vincent "Heck Harper" Flateau

                  [September 20, 1919 – November 2, 1998]