First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt writes to Walt from the White House: "My husband is one of the devotees of Mickey Mouse ... Please believe that all of us are most grateful to you for many delightful evenings." Disney wins an Academy Award® for Best Cartoon Short, "The Country Cousin." With Prohibition a thing of the past, the animators are free to let the little mouse star of the film get drunk on champagne in one scene. Walt and Lilly's second daughter, Sharon, is born.