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1922: Charles Monroe Schulz was born on November 26th in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Carl and Dena Schulz. When Charles was only two days old, an uncle nicknamed him "Sparky" after Spark Plug, the horse in the Barney Google comic strip. ...
1934: The Schulz family was given a black and white dog whom they named Spike. The mixed-breed terrier impressed the family with his intelligence and peculiar eating habits. Dena suggested that if the family ever got another dog, it should be named Snoopy. |