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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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