Peanuts is 67 years old today! 🎉 On October 2, 1950, the first Peanuts comic strip debuted in a four-panel format in seven newspapers nationwide – The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Allentown Call-Chronicle, The Bethlehem Globe-Times, The Denver Post, and The Seattle Times. The strip is also the first appearance of Charlie Brown, Patty, and Shermy. In the five decades that Schulz dedicated himself to Peanuts, the physical appearance of the Gang naturally

“Peanuts” turns 75. The comic strip that introduced the world to Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy and the gang debuted on this day in 1950, growing from seven newspapers to a cultural touchstone whose humor and philosophy still endure. | CBS Evening News