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], Belg 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, Capt 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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