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Little Orphan Annie - Chicago Connection

The comic strip, Little Orphan Annie, first appeared in the Chicago Tribune on August 5th, 1924.  Harold Gray was inspired by James Whitcomb Riley's popular 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" which begins:

Little Orphan Annie's come to our house to stay,

An' wash the cups an' saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away...

The strip ran for 85 years, 10 months and 8 days.  Hell of a run. Annie was also a radio show on WGN, started in 1930.

It's pretty cool that something that had such a long run in American history started in Chicago.