“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the first animated TV special featuring characters from the “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, premiered on CBS.
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2025. There are 22 days left in the year.Today in history:
On Dec. 9, 1965, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the first animated TV special featuring characters from the “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, premiered on CBS.Also on this date:
In 1979, scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox, a disease which killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century.
In 1990, Solidarity founder Lech Wałęsa (lek vah-WEN’-sah) won Poland’s first free presidential election since 1926.
