2012 Event Israel launches four airstrikes in response to multiple rockets being fired across the border. The airstrikes kill two Salafist jihadist militants and wound one other in the northern Gaza strip 2011 Event U.S. conductor Daniel Barenboim holds a 'Peace Concert' in the Gaza Strip; he is a supporter of Palestinian rights 2010 Event Five Palestinians are wounded when Israel conducts four air raids in the Gaza Strip, a response to a fourth rocket attack in southern Israel from Gaza 2010 Event Israel restricts a blacklist of weapons, construction materials and other items but drops all other restrictions on the free flow of consumer goods into the Gaza strip 2009 Event Israel launches an invasion of the Gaza strip 1995 Event Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip 1995 Death Calvin/Hobbes, (comic strip), dies 1994 Event Yassar Arafat returns to Gaza strip 1994 Death Mitacq, Michel Tacq, Belgian comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies 1994 Event Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip 1994 Death Joe Layton, director (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at 63 1994 Death Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59 1992 Death Bob the Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje), dies 1991 Event NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day 1989 Event Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt 1984 Event Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus 1980 Event Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours 1980 Event Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours 1978 Event Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip 1977 Event Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77) 1976 Event Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts 1973 Death Walt Kelly, U.S. comic strip artist (Pogo), dies at 60 1973 Death Murat B "Chic" Young, U.S. comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72 1973 Event Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuted 1970 Event "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers 1970 Event Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors and Sjimmie" strip 1968 Death Harold Gray, U.S. comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74 1964 Event Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking 1960 Event Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts 1958 Event Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco 1958 Event Comic strip "BC" 1st appears 1957 Event Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut 1957 Birthday Ray Billingsley, comic strip cartoonist, Curtis 1956 Birthday Lynda Barry, born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, cartoonist, author, known for comic strip, 'Ernie Pook's Comeek', wrote 'The Good Times are Killing Me', 'What It Is' 1954 Birthday Adam Ant, Stuart Goddard, London, punk rocker, If I Strip For You 1950 Event 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers 1950 Event "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts 1950 Birthday Gary Larson, born in Tacoma, Washington, cartoonist, created and published the single-panel comic strip, Far Side 1950 Event 1st edition of British strip "Eagle" 1946 Event Martin Kresses begins publishing "Eric the Viking" comic strip 1944 Event Batman and Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers 1943 Event "Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio 1942 Birthday Randy Boone, Fayetteville, North Carolina, actor, Cimarron Strip, Virginian 1941 Event "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers 1940 Event "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears 1940 Event "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago 1939 Event Comic strip "Superman" debuts 1938 Event Comic strip "Dennis the Menace," 1st appears 1937 Event "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail 1936 Event "Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts 1936 Birthday Burt Reynolds, born in Michigan, actor, Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball 1934 Event "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts 1933 Birthday Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, Louisiana, actor, 77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper 1932 Birthday Roger Smith, South Gate California, actor, 77 Sunset Strip 1932 Birthday Paul Krassner, comic strip cartoonist, MAD Magazine, and founder, Yippies 1932 Event "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts 1931 Event Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts 1931 Birthday Dick Tracy, comic strip crimestopper 1930 Event 1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie" 1930 Event "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears 1929 Event Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater" 1929 Event "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres 1928 Birthday Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip 1926 Birthday Tom Ryan, comic strip cartoonist, Tumbleweeds 1926 Birthday Stuart Whitman, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Captain Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip 1925 Birthday Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist, Kuifje, Lion of Flanders 1925 Birthday Leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist, Little Orphan Annie 1924 Event "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published 1924 Event Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts 1924 Birthday Paul Conrad, comic strip cartoonist, LA Times 1923 Event "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts 1922 Birthday Little Orphan Annie, comic strip character 1921 Birthday Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator, MAD Magazine 1919 Event "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune 1919 Event "Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres 1918 Birthday Efren Zimbalist, Jr., New York City, actor, 77 Sunset Strip, FBI, Scruples 1916 Event 1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps" 1910 Event "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal 1897 Event Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in New York Journal 1895 Event 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper 1894 Event 1st comic strip "Origin of a New Species," by Richard Outcault 1893 Event Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders 1875 Event 1st newspaper cartoon strip 1790 Birthday August Ferdinand Mobius, mathematician, inventor, Mobius strip
