Enos the chimp in a flight couch, about to make his space flight from 
Cape Canaveral, Florida

Mercury-Atlas 5 was a unmanned spaceflight of the Mercury program. It
was launched with a 5 1/2 year old chimpanzee named Enos aboard. The
craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles south of
Bermuda.

From the New York Herald Tribune, November 27, 1924

The first balloon in 1927 was modeled after the character Felix the Cat

1929

Mickey Mouse made his grand debut in the Macy’s Santa Claus Parade
(now Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade) in 1934.

1945

1950

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Gresham Station in Gresham, OR

 
    First issue of the Stars and Stripes newspaper

Stars and Stripes is a newspaper that reports on matters concerning members of the 
United States Armed Forces. It operates from inside the Department of Defense, but
is editorially separate from it, and its First Amendment protection is safeguarded by
Congress. It is a non-appropriated fund organization, only partially subsidized by the 
Department of Defense. A large portion of its operating costs is earned through the 
sale of advertising and subscriptions.

The history of the newspaper dates back to November 9, 1861, when during the
Civil War, soldiers of the 11th, 18th, and 29th Illinois Regiments set up camp in Bloomfield, Missouri. Finding the office of the local newspaper empty, they then 
decided to print a newspaper about their activities. They called it the Stars and
Stripes. Today, the Stars & Stripes Museum/Library Association is located in
Bloomfield.

The film Casablanca is a romantic drama directed by Michael Curtiz and was 
based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison‘s un-produced stage play titled
Everybody Comes to Rick’s.