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‘’TRICK OR TREAT’’ ON THIS DAY IN 1938


George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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John Marwood Cleese is 76 today.


Cleese studied Law at Cambridge.

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THE “BIG BLOW” ON THIS DAY IN 1962

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COMIC STRIP DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1931

Dick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy),a 
police detective created by Chester Gould. The strip made its debut in the Detroit
Mirror
. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould
wrote and drew the strip until 1977.


Cartoonist Chester Gould (November 20, 1900 – May 11, 1985)

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COMIC STRIP DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1924

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Little Orphan Annie was a daily comic strip created by Harold Gray (1894–1968)
and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the
1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley, and made its debut
in the New York Daily News. It ranked number one in popularity in a Fortune poll
in 1937.

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