Even those who don't know strip are keenly aware of the plucky orphan, her loveable dog ... gems? Annie has this enviable problem as the 1940s come to close in Harold Gray’s epic Little Orphan ...

Today, as we play catch up on the calendar, we look at how Little Orphan Annie turned a whole town around ... of a present for Charlie Brown, his dog, Snoopy, gets a present instead), is by ...