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2009 Israel launches an invasion of the Gaza strip
1995 Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip 1995 Calvin/Hobbes, (comic strip), dies 1994 Yassar Arafat returns to Gaza strip 1994 Mitacq, Michel Tacq, Belgian comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies 1994 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip 1994 Joe Layton, director (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at 63 1994 Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59 1992 Bob the Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje), dies 1991 NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day 1989 Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt 1984 Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus 1980 Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours 1980 Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours 1978 Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip 1977 Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77) 1976 Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts 1973 Walt Kelly, U.S. comic strip artist (Pogo), dies at 60 1973 Murat B "Chic" Young, U.S. comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72 1973 Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuted 1970 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers 1970 Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors and Sjimmie" strip 1968 Harold Gray, U.S. comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74 1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking 1960 Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts 1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco 1958 Comic strip "BC" 1st appears 1957 Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut 1957 Ray Billingsley, comic strip cartoonist, Curtis 1954 Adam Ant, Stuart Goddard, London, punk rocker, If I Strip For You 1950 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers 1950 "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts 1950 1st edition of British strip "Eagle" 1946 Martin Kresses begins publishing "Eric the Viking" comic strip 1944 Batman and Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers 1943 "Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio 1942 Randy Boone, Fayetteville, North Carolina, actor, Cimarron Strip, Virginian 1941 "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers 1940 "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears 1940 "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago 1939 Comic strip "Superman" debuts 1938 Comic strip "Dennis the Menace," 1st appears 1937 "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail 1936 "Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts 1936 Burt Reynolds, born in Michigan, actor, Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball 1934 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts 1933 Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, Louisiana, actor, 77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper 1932 Roger Smith, South Gate California, actor, 77 Sunset Strip 1932 Paul Krassner, comic strip cartoonist, MAD Magazine, and founder, Yippies 1932 "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts 1931 Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts 1931 Dick Tracy, comic strip crimestopper 1930 1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie" 1930 "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears 1929 Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater" 1929 "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres 1928 Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip 1926 Tom Ryan, comic strip cartoonist, Tumbleweeds 1926 Stuart Whitman, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Captain Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip 1925 Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist, Kuifje, Lion of Flanders 1925 Leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist, Little Orphan Annie 1924 "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published 1924 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts 1924 Paul Conrad, comic strip cartoonist, LA Times 1923 "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts 1922 Little Orphan Annie, comic strip character 1921 Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator, MAD Magazine 1919 "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune 1919 "Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres 1918 Efren Zimbalist, Jr., New York City, actor, 77 Sunset Strip, FBI, Scruples 1916 1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps" 1910 "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal 1897 Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in New York Journal 1895 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper 1894 1st comic strip "Origin of a New Species," by Richard Outcault 1893 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders 1875 1st newspaper cartoon strip 1790 August Ferdinand Mobius, mathematician, inventor, Mobius strip |
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