KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - November 18, 1928. Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse makes his film debut in Steamboat Willy. It was the first cartoon to feature synchronized music, dialogue, and sound effects.
January 29, 1861. Kansas becomes the 34th state of the United States, entering as a free state just months before the Civil War, earning the nickname ‘the free state’ reflecting its settlers’ hard-won ...