Good Grief
Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center
August 17, 2002: The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center opens. Charles Schulz was the creator of the Peanuts comic strip. He gave us Charlie Brown, who never quite kicked a football; Schroeder, supreme pianist; Lucy, available for psychiatric help for 5¢; her brother Linus, with his security blanket; and Snoopy, the beagle who could do anything.
Schulz first introduced his limited cast of characters on October 2, 1950. Before that, he drew a weekly strip called Li’l Folks for his hometown paper. Peanuts premiered in seven newspapers as a daily strip. January 6, 1952 was the first Sunday strip. Charlie Brown, complete with his inferiority complex but heart of gold, starred in many feature films. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving debuted in 1973 joining his Christmas special which premiered in 1965. Charlie Brown and Snoopy even went into space with the astronauts on Apollo X.
Snoopy befriended birds beginning in the early 1960s and finally on June 22, 1970 Woodstock became a full fledged resident of the comic strip. One thing missing from the entire strip was – adults. We knew that Charlie Brown’s father was a barber, but he was never seen.
Peanuts ran for almost fifty years without interruption. In November 1999, Schulz suffered a stroke. He was later found to have cancer. Chemotherapy dimmed his sight and he could no longer read or write. He retired in December 1999. On January 3, 2000 Charles Schultz said goodbye to his loyal readers from 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries, translated into 40 languages. His 355 million readers saw their last Sunday Peanuts strip on February 13, 2000 – the day after Charles Schulz died of a heart attack at age 77.
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”
“Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, ‘Where have I gone wrong?’ Then a voice says to me, ‘This is going to take more than one night.’”
“Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.”
“I love mankind; it’s people I can’t stand.”
“There is no problem so big it cannot be run away from.” – all from Charles M. Schulz
Also on this day, in 1978 the Double Eagle II makes the first successful trip across the Atlantic.
Bonus Link: In 1959, Quake Lake was formed.
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