nPosted October 2, 2017
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nToday is not about a yummy legume:
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nInstead, it is about a lovable comic strip that grew into an empire of books, TV specials, movies, and even a stage show.
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nSome people call the Peanuts comic strip “the longest story ever told by one human being.” The storyteller is cartoonist Charles M. Schultz. He wrote about a gang of kids, including Charlie Brown (a character based loosely on himself), plus Charlie’s dog Snoopy and Snoopy’s best friend Woodstock the bird.
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nToday is the anniversary of the start of the Peanuts comic strip, in 1950. The last original comic was published in 2000, the day after author Schultz died. The comics are still reprinted – get this! – in almost every newspaper in the U.S.
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nHere are some stats on the long-running Peanuts:
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The comic ran in more than 2,600 newspapers
The comic ran in more than 2,600 newspapersn
nIt ran in 75 countries
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nIt was published in 21 different languages
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nMore than 335 million people read Peanuts
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nSchultz earned more than $1 billion!!
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nThere have been a LOT of Charlie Brown specials on TV! Check out all the title cards for the various shows here.
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nTo get you in the mood for the upcoming Halloween holiday-times, here is “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”
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nHere is a simple (and free) online jigsaw of the Peanuts characters, and here is a much more challenging one.
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nHere are some videos about how to draw the Peanuts characters.
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nAlso on this date:
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nDay after the National Day of the People’s Republic of China in Macau
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nBotanist Julius von Sachs’s birthday
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nPhileas Fogg’s Wager Day
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Republic Day in Guinea
Republic Day in Guinean
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nPolitical and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday
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nFlexagon Month
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nUnicorn Questing Month
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nActor / comedian / host Groucho Marx’s birthday
nActor / comedian / host Groucho Marx’s birthday
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nWorld Habitat Day
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nFirst Monday in October
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