1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound
cartoon, directed by
Walt Disney and
Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters
Mickey Mouse and
Minnie Mouse. This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
2003 – The
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4 to 3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound
cartoon, directed by
Walt Disney and
Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters
Mickey Mouse and
Minnie Mouse. This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
2003 – The
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4 to 3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.