2002 Bill Peet, cartoon artist/writer, Disney's Peter Pan, dies at 87
2001 William Hanna, cartoon creator, The Flintstones, dies at 90
2001 Norma MacMillan, cartoon voice, voice of Casper, dies at 79
1999 Mary Kay Bergman, cartoon voice, South Park, dies at 38
1999 Jean Vander Pyl, cartoon voice, The Flintstones, dies at 78
1997 Don Messick, cartoon voice (Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm), dies at 62
1997 Cartoon Channel premieres in Japan
1996 George Nicholas, cartoon animator, dies at 85
1995 Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88
1994 Gary Larson, announces he is retiring from doing "Far Side" cartoon
1992 Cartoon Cable Network premieres
1992 "Dog City," cartoon debuts on Fox-TV
1992 Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87
1991 James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84
1990 "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks
1989 Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81
1988 Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71
1986 Paul Frees, cartoon voice (Boris Badenov), dies at 66
1985 Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65
1982 Jo Lagrilliere, [Joke], Flemish cartoon character, dies at 47
1980 Tex Avery, cartoon director (What's up, doc?), dies at 72
1975 Walter Tetley, cartoon voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60
1965 Beatle cartoon show begins in U.S.
1964 "The Pink Panther" cartoon series premieres (Pink Phink)
1963 "King Leonardo," cartoon last airs on NBC-TV
1963 "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV
1960 Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts
1953 Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody"
1949 Martin Canine, cartoon character, spoofs Martin Kane
1945 Pepe Le Pew, cartoon skunk, Au Dorable Kitty
1945 Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"
1942 Tweety Bird, cartoon character
1940 "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears
1940 "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago
1937 1st feature-length color and sound cartoon premieres (Snow White)
1937 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (New York City)
1937 Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Petunia Pig, debut
1936 "Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts
1936 Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer
1935 Don Messick, Buffalo, New York, cartoon voice, Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm
1934 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released
1933 Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debut
1932 "Flowers and Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon
1932 "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts
1931 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
1930 Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes
1929 Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF
1928 Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip
1927 Don Messick, cartoon voice, Bam-bam, Astro, Scooby-Doo
1926 Rene Goscinny, French song/cartoon text writer, Asterix
1926 Stan Freberg, born in Los Angeles, California, satirist/ad executive/cartoon voice, Bertie
1925 Fritz Behrendt, German/Dutch cartoon character, The Slogan
1922 "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize
1919 "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune
1919 "Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres
1918 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)
1917 Felix the Cat, cartoon character
1916 Adriana Caselotti, cartoon voice
1913 "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released
1908 Tex Avery, cartoon director, What's up, Doc?
1906 1st animated cartoon copyrighted
1897 Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in New York Journal
1895 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper
1875 1st newspaper cartoon strip
1874 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast
1852 Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly
1754 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die"
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