Mickey Mouse

I've watched a tremendous amount of Disney movies and cartoons over the course of my life. One thing I never knew about the face of Disney is that the woman who gave Mickey Mouse his name was born 400 miles north of Twin Falls, Idaho.

See all of the contributions that our state has made to the magic of Disney!

There have been a lot of fake rumors being passed around on Facebook lately of famous people allegedly moving to different states. So, I decided to do some checking and see if any of these celebrities had relocated to Idaho. The answer to that was a big fat "NO". But, I did find many people in our state who at least had the same name as famous people.

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1883 – American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times (More info) 1926 – George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, “I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form coul