Nov. 26, 1922
Charles Monroe Schulz is born in St. Paul, Minn.
1940
After graduating from high school, Schulz enrolls in art courses
1943-45
Drafted into the Army, Schulz serves in World War II
1947
Starts single-panel strip called “Li’l Folks” in St. Paul Pioneer Press
1948-50
Sells 15 cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post
1950
“Peanuts” debuts in seven newspapers
1950
Marries Joyce Halverson, mother of their five children, Meredith, Amy, Jill, Craig and Monte
1952
First book collection, “Peanuts,” is published
1952
“Peanuts” makes its Sunday newspaper debut
1955
Receives Reuben Award, comic art’s highest honor (also in 1964)
1958
Named Cartoonist of the Year by Yale University
1958
Moves to California, eventually settling in Santa Rosa
1960
Hallmark introduces first “Peanuts” greeting card
1961
First “Peanuts” calendar
1965
First “Peanuts” TV special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
April 9, 1965
“Peanuts” featured on the cover of Time magazine
1967
“You’re a Good Man,Charlie Brown” debuts as an off-Broadway musical
1968
The first Snoopy stuffed doll hits store shelves.
1968
Snoopy named mascot for Manned Flight Awareness Program
1969
NASA picks Snoopy as name for lunar excursion module on Apollo 10 flight
1974
Schulz is grand marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade
1988
Forbes magazine names Schulz one of 10 richest entertainers in United States, with reported $62 million yearly income
1989
“Good Grief!,” the first and only authorized biography of Schulz, is published, written by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
1996
Schulz gets a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame,next to Walt Disney’s
Dec. 14, 1999
Announces retirement to concentrate on treatment for colon cancer
April 2000
Construction begins on “Peanuts” museum in Santa Rosa
May 2000
Schulz is awarded posthumous lifetime achievement award by the National Cartoonists Society in New York
