Tuesday, October 2, 2012

What Happened Today? October 2nd

Today's event happened 62 years ago.

On October 2, 1950, the first Peanuts comic strip was published. Peanuts was the most popular comic strip of all time, running in newspapers in 75 countries and translated into 21 different languages. Peanuts featured characters such as Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and Peppermint Patty.

One of my favorite things to do as a child was read the paper with my dad so I could see what the Peanuts comic would say each day.  I also enjoyed watching some of the TV cartoon specials during holidays such as Christmas and Halloween.  My favorite Peanuts characters were Woodstock (Snoopy's bird friend) and Schroeder (who played the piano).

No comments: