Peanuts Comic Strip: Timeline

A Timeline of the Peanuts Comic Strip: 

Underlined: format related

• October 2, 1950: The first Peanutscomic strip, and the first timeCharlie Brown is called, "Good ol' Charlie Brown". The other characters in that day's strip areShermy and Patty.
• October 4, 1950: Snoopy's first appearance.
• December 21, 1950: Charlie Brown first appears with his signature shirt.
• February 7, 1951: Violet's first appearance.
• May 30, 1951: Schroeder's first appearance.
• August 16, 1951: Charlie Brown is first called a "blockhead".
• August 31, 1951: Schroeder appears in his striped shirt for the first time.
• September 4, 1951: First appearance of Snoopy's doghouse.
• September 24, 1951: Schroeder starts playing his piano
• November 14, 1951: The first time Charlie Brown falls for the football gag, with Violet pulling the football away from him first.
• January 6, 1952: The first Sunday strip.
• March 3, 1952: Lucy's first appearence.
• May 27, 1952: Snoopy's thoughts are shown in a thought balloon for the first time.
• June 6, 1952: First time someone says 'Good grief.'
• September 19, 1952: Linus's first appearance.
• November 16, 1952: The first time the football gag is pulled by Lucy.
• May 30, 1953: Lucy falls in love with Schroeder.
• December 16, 1953: The first time Schroeder celebrates Beethoven's birthday.
• January 31, 1954: Snoopy's doghouse is revealed to be larger on the inside than on the outside.
• June 1, 1954: Linus first appears with his security blanket.
• April 12, 1956: Charlie Brown first gets his kite stuck in the Kite-Eating Tree.
• August 25, 1958: Charlie Brown first writes a letter to his pen-pal.
• December 12, 1958: Snoopy first sleeps on top of his doghouse, rather than inside it.
• March 27, 1959: Lucy opens her psychiatry booth.
• May 26, 1959: Sally is born..
• August 23, 1959: Sally's first appearance.
• October 26, 1959: Linus first mentions the Great Pumpkin.
• March 21, 1960: Linus first mentions his blanket hating grandmother.
• April 25, 1960: After hugging Snoopy, Lucy says, "Happiness is a warm puppy". Peanuts merchandise bearing the phrase and variations on it became very popular in the 1960s.
• August 22, 1960: Sally falls in love with Linus.
• November 19, 1961: The Little Red-Haired Girl is first mentioned.
• February 5, 1962: Linus begins wearing glasses.
• July 17, 1962: Linus is told he does not need to wear glasses all the time.
• September 5, 1962: Sally's first day of school.
• October 10, 1965: Snoopy first appears as the World War I Flying Ace.
• March 4, 1966: Woodstock's first apperence.
• February 16, 1970: Snoopy becomes the Head Beagle (a few weeks later, on March 9, he is replaced).
• June 22, 1970: Woodstock is named.
• May 27, 1971: The first appearance of Snoopy's alter-ego Joe Cool.
• August 31, 1974: Sally first talks to the school building.
• September 6, 1974: Sally and the school building fall in love.
• January 27, 1977: Sally first calls Linus, her "sweet babboo".
• December 16, 1984: Schroeder kisses Lucy.
• October 13, 1986: Sally states her first philosophy.
• February 29, 1988: The format of the Peanuts comic strip changes from four frames in each daily strip to three frames.
• October 9, 1989: The notes start to fall off of Schroeder's piano.
• October 26, 1989: Charlie Brown decides to quit school, and devote the rest of his life to make Snoopy happy.
• March 30, 1993: Charlie Brown finally leads his baseball team to victory.
• September 27, 1994: Charlie Brown learns his pen-pal is a Scottish girl named Morag.
• May 25, 1998: The Little Red-Haired Girl is seen in silhouette.
• September 12, 1999: Schroeder's last appearance.
• December 13, 1999: Lucy's last appearance.
• January 1, 2000: Linus' last appearence.
• January 3, 2000: The last weekday strip
• January 16, 2000: Woodstock's last appearance.
• February 6, 2000: Sally's last appearance.
• February 13, 2000: The last Peanuts comic strip, and the last appearance of Charlie Brown and Snoopy. Lucy, Linus, Sally, Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Rerun, and Woodstock appear in flashback.