On 15th May 1928, the first animated cartoon to feature Mickey and Minnie Mouse was shown to a theatre audience.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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A Charlie Brown Christmas went on to win both a Peabody Award and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Program.
On the 19th June 1978, the Garfield comic strip was first published.
An overwhelmingly positive reaction in season one meant that Simpsons shorts were featured in every episode of the next two seasons before being spun off into a standalone half-hour series in 1989.
On the 30th March 1939, Batman made his first appearance when Detective Comics #27 went on sale.
It has since been adapted into numerous formats and is still printed in more than 40 countries.
The United States apparently gained the nickname ‘Uncle Sam’ when it was featured in a local newspaper article.
Bugs Bunny made his first appearance in the Merrie Melodies cartoon A Wild Hare.
On the 9th December 1965, American television network CBS first broadcast the animated cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas.
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26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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