DECEMBER 27, 2019
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“Peanuts will be as much a part of Christmas this week as holly,
mistletoe and Santa Claus,” Newsweek wrote. Charles M. Schulz,
creator of America’s favorite comic strip in 1950, has “given the world a dozen
definitions of happiness.” The then-$150 million empire was flourishing with
books, TV specials, movies, a musical and countless branded products. After
nearly half a century, the last original Peanuts comic strip was published on
February 13, 2000, mere hours after Schulz’s death. His Peanuts legacy lives on
in many ways, including through his holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas.
1985
“Video has become our teacher, seller and
storyteller,” Newsweek said of the taped
medium that “permeates virtually every
corner of our culture.” It is “irrevocably
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who and what we are.” Today, Instagram,
TikTok and Snapchat are extensions of
that mighty trend. Just ask our youth.
1971
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1993
“By the 1990s, America was awash in
nuclear waste,” Newsweek reported.
From “human guinea pigs in radiation
experiments” to “undisclosed nuclear
explosions” and “lethal atomic debris,”
Americans were victim to these risks.
Despite this, the public still doesn’t
know the “true dimensions of the
toxic mess.”