Charles Schulz's first ‘Peanuts’ comic strip debuts on Oct. 2, 1950

Charles Schulz's first ‘Peanuts’ comic strip debuts on Oct. 2, 1950

Born on Nov. 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, Charles Monroe Schulz was the only child of German immigrant Carl Schulz and Dena Halverson Schulz. Apart from two years spent in Needles, California, Charles grew up in the Twin Cities. Having read the Sunday funnies every week with his father from an early age, Charles became enchanted by the art of cartooning. In 1937, the young aspiring cartoonist published a sketch of the Schulz family dog, Spike, in R…