References are numbered in [brackets], which are listed here. A number after the dot gives the page in the source.

Last updated: 2012 October 29.

1932

January 10

• The first "Mickey Mouse" color comic page is published in Sunday editions of newspapers. The page is written, drawn, and inked by Earl Duvall. [48.107] [82.25] [96.78] [113.18.325] [228.100] [1242.62]

January 17

• The first color Mickey Mouse comic page written and drawn by Floyd Gottfredson is published. [113.325]

January 21

• Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film The Duck Hunt. Pluto also appears. [16] [23] [15]

January 28

• Disney releases the Mickey Mouse film The Duck Hunt to theaters. [228.152]

February 8

• Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film The Grocery Boy. Pluto and Minnie Mouse also appear. [16] [23]

February 11

• Disney releases the Mickey Mouse film The Grocery Boy to theaters. [228.220]

February 27

• Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film The Mad Dog. Pluto also appears. [16] [23]

March 5

• The Mickey Mouse film The Mad Dog is released to theaters. [228.302]

April 13

• The Mickey Mouse film Barnyard Olympics is released. Pluto also appears. [16] [23] (April 15 [228.42])

May 12

• The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Revue is released to theaters. Pluto and Horace Horsecollar also appear. Goofy appears for the first time, with the name "Dippy Dawg". [16] [1] [7] [23] [15] [49.254] [48.129] [97.45] (May 25 [228.328] [232.85])

June 9

• The Mickey Mouse film Musical Farmer is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.347]

(month unknown)

• The Whitman Publishing company publishes a Big Little Book starring Mickey Mouse. [259.31]
• A book, Mickey Mouse and his Horse Tanglefoot is published. [96.28] (1936 [96.76,79])
• United Artists produces a 48-page Mickey Mouse film and merchandise promotion book. [96.75]
• Disney signs a contract with the Norwich Knitting Company of Norwich, New York, to produce Mickey Mouse sweaters. [96.75]
• Membership in Mickey Mouse clubs in the US reaches 1 million. [96.23] [228.322] [327.88]
  
  
• Irving Caesar Inc. Music Publishers publishes the song "What! No Mickey Mouse?" by Irving Caesar. [911.53]

July 18

• The Mickey Mouse film Mickey in Arabia is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [228.320]

August 13

• The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Nightmare is released to theaters. Pluto and Minnie Mouse also appear. This film is a remake of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film Poor Papa. [16] [23] [15] [63.87] [228.327] [457.68]

August 20

• The Mickey Mouse film Trader Mickey is released to theaters. Pluto also appears. [16] [23] [501.567]

September 17

• The Mickey Mouse film The Whoopee Party is released to theaters. Goofy and Minnie Mouse also appear. [7] [15] [16] [23] [501.610]

September 18

• A Sunday Mickey Mouse newspaper comic includes the first appearance of Morty and Ferdy, two children of Mrs. Fieldmouse, a neighbor of Mickey Mouse. [250.91] [228.182,342] (September 8 [911.172])

October 15

• United Artists releases the Mickey Mouse film Touchdown Mickey to theaters. [16] [23] [395.62] [501.565] (October 5 [15])

November 12

• The Mickey Mouse film The Wayward Canary is released. Pluto also appears. [16] [23] [501.601]
• The Mickey Mouse film The Klondike Kid is released. Pluto and Minnie Mouse also appear. [16] [23] [15] [228.277]

November

• Disney publishes the first issue of Mickey Mouse Melodeon. [113.328]

November 18

• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Honorable Mention Oscar award to Walt Disney Productions for "Distinctive Achievement", the creation of Mickey Mouse. [16] [23] [38.40] [39.359] [48.119] [96.27]

December 15

• Disney publishes the last issue of the Official Bulletin of the Mickey Mouse Club. [113.328]

December 17

• The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Good Deed is released to theaters. Pluto also appears. [16] [7] [23] [15] [228.326]

1933

January 7

• The Mickey Mouse film Building a Building is released to theaters. [16] [23] [15] (1931 [13])
• The first issue of Topolino magazine ("Mickey Mouse" in Italian) is published in Italy. [113.146] (1932 [501.565] [650.50])

January

• Kay Kamen produces the first Mickey Mouse Magazine. (Over nine months, nine issues are given out at movie theaters and department stores.) [113.142,328] [228.323] [650.50]

January 21

• The Mickey Mouse film The Mad Doctor is released to theaters. Pluto also appears. [16] [7] [23] [15] [228.302]

February

• Disney publishes the last issue of Mickey Mouse Melodeon. [113.328]

February 18

• The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Pal Pluto is released to theaters. Pluto and Minnie Mouse also appear. [16] [23] [228.327] [650.82]

March 18

• The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Mellerdrammer is released to theaters. Goofy and Horace Horsecollar also appear. [16] [23] [228.327]

April 8

• The Mickey Mouse film Ye Olden Days is released to theaters. Dippy Dog (Goofy) and Minnie Mouse also appear. [16] [23] [501.625] (Ye Golden Days [15])

May 13

• The Mickey Mouse film The Mail Pilot is released to theaters. [16] [23] [15] [228.306]

June

• Disney signs a contract with the Ingersoll Watch Company to produce Mickey Mouse watches, and the company sells the first Mickey Mouse watch, for US$3.25. [416.19] [501.599] (Ingersoll-Waterbury [96.75] [228.255])

June 17

• The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Mechanical Man is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [228.327]

(month unknown)

• The first Mickey Mouse Club in Britain is formed, at Darlington's Arcade Cinema. [96.81]
• Hall Brothers Incorporated publishes their first Disney-themed "Happy Birthday" greeting card, featuring Mickey Mouse. [1257.47]

July 1

• The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Gala Premiere is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse and Pluto also appear. [16] [23] [228.326] (Mickey's Gala Premier [15])

September 2

• The Mickey Mouse film Puppy Love is released to theaters. Pluto and Minnie Mouse also appear. Fifi the dog makes her first appearance. [16] [23] [15] [97.60] [228.403]

September

• The ninth and last issue of Kay Kamen's original Mickey Mouse Magazine is published. [113.142,328]

September 30

• The Mickey Mouse film The Steeplechase is released to theaters. [16] [23] [501.523]

October 28

• The Mickey Mouse film The Pet Store is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [15] [228.384]

November 10

• The Fox Film Corporation releases the film My Lips Betray to theaters. The first scene shows a portion of the Mickey Mouse film Ye Olden Days on a TV in a car. Disney provided the 10 foot clip for free. [42.1457] [97.29]

November

• The second Mickey Mouse Magazine is first published, on behalf of a chain of dairies, to advertise milk products. (The magazine is produced for two years.) [96.78] [113.142,328] [228.323] [650.50]

November 25

• The Mickey Mouse film Giantland is released to theaters. [15] [228.205] (Giant Land [16])

1934

January 13

• The Mickey Mouse film Shanghaied is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [15] [501.494]

February 5

• The U.S. Patent Office grants a patent to the Ingersoll-Waterbury Clock Company, of Connecticut, for the first Mickey Mouse watch. [113.116] [230.31] [325.73]

February 12

• Walt Disney Productions files an application for a trademark of "Mickey Mouse" for use in books and newspaper comic strips. [113.274]

February 17

• The Mickey Mouse film Camping Out is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse, Clarabelle Cow, and Horace Horsecollar also appear. [16] [23] [15] [228.76]

March 3

• The Mickey Mouse film Playful Pluto is released to theaters. Pluto also appears. [16] [23] [228.390]

May 19

• The Mickey Mouse film Gulliver Mickey is released to theaters. [16] [23] [15] [228.221]

June 1

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releases the film Hollywood Party to theaters. An animated Mickey Mouse argues with Jimmy Durante, and plays a piano. This is the first feature film appearance of Mickey Mouse. The film also includes a Disney-animated sequence entitled "The Hot Chocolate Soldier". [42.943] [96.26] [97.29] [228.237,243] [1141]

June 5

• Walt Disney Productions is granted a trademark of "Mickey Mouse" for use in books and newspaper comic strips. [113.274]

June 16

• The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Steam-Roller is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears. [228.329] (Steamroller [16]) (Steam Roller [23])

(month unknown)

• General Foods puts Mickey Mouse on the Post Toasties cereal box, making Mickey Mouse the first licensed character to appear on a cereal box. General Foods paid US$1.5 million for this right for a year. [245.46]
• The Encyclopedia Britannica adds an entry for "Mickey Mouse". [96.24]
• Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., of New York, publishes the Mickey Mouse Waddle Book, which includes cut-out models of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and Tanglefoot the horse. [96.78] [113.164] (1933 [228.64])
• The book, Mickey Mouse Movie Stories Volume Two is published. [96.79]
• Cole Porter records the song "You're the Top", including the line "You're Mickey Mouse!". [96.6] [911.54]
• The jewellery company Cartier's begins selling diamond-studded Mickey Mouse pins. [96.76]
• The confectionary firm of E. Sharp & Sons begins selling Mickey Mouse toffee in England. [96.76]
• The book set Wee Little Books of Mickey Mouse titles is published. [259.31]

July 19

• The Lionel Corporation signs an agreement, via Herman Kamen, to produce The Mickey Mouse Handcar wind-up train toy. [96.76] [113.127] [328.41]

August 11

• The Mickey Mouse film Orphan's Benefit is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Goofy, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow also appear. [16] [7] [23] [15] [228.374] [1248.42] (Goofy is named [49.254])

September 29

• The Mickey Mouse film Mickey Plays Papa is released to theaters. Pluto also appears. [16] [23] [228.324]

November

• Development begins on the proposed animated short film Hillbilly, with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Black Pete. [176.36]

November 17

• The Mickey Mouse film The Dognapper is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, and Pete also appear. [15] [23] [228.143] (Dog Napper [16])

December 14

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releases the film Babes in Toyland to theaters in the USA. A costumed child dressed like Mickey Mouse appears. [96.26] [1140]

December 15

• The Mickey Mouse film Two-Gun Mickey is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [15] [501.577]

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