September 16

What happened today on September 16 back in...

1950s

1950

• Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl, the fifty-second theatrical short of Tom and Jerry, premiered in theaters.

1960s

1964

• "Fe Fi Fo Fun," the first episode of Peter Potamus and So-So, premiered in syndication.
• "All Riot on the Northern Front," the first episode of Breezly and Sneezly, premiered in syndication.
• "The Volunteers," the first episode of Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey, premiered in syndication.

1967

• "Diablo," the second episode of Fantastic Four, premiered on ABC.
• "Valley of the Giants" and "The Black Sultan," the second episodes of Shazzan, premiered on CBS.
• "The Pod Creatures" and "Mekkor," the second episodes of The Herculoids, premiered on CBS.

1970s

1972

• "Make Way for the Multi-Men," the second episode of Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space, premiered on CBS.
• "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair," the second episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, premiered on CBS.
• "To Catch a Pitcher," the second episode of The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, premiered on CBS.
• "Lost," the second episode of Sealab 2020, premiered on CBS.
• "The Lion's Share," the second episode of The Roman Holidays, premiered on NBC.
• "Yogi's Ark Lark," the animated TV pilot movie, premiered on ABC.

1978

• "The Eartheater," the second episode of Godzilla, premiered on NBC.
• "The Golden Idol of the Gorgas," the second episode of Jana of the Jungle, premiered on NBC.
• "A Creepy Tangle in the Bermuda Triangle," the twenty-sixth episode of The Scooby-Doo Show, premiered on ABC.
• "Muscle-Bound Cavey," the eighteenth episode of Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, premiered on ABC.
• "New York and Turkey," the eighteenth episode of Laff-A-Lympics, premiered on ABC.

1980s

1985

• "Elroy Meets Orbitty," the twenty-fifth episode of The Jetsons, premiered in syndication.

1988

• "Buffalo'd Bear," the fifth episode of The New Yogi Bear Show, premiered in syndication.

1989

• "Hogapatra's Beauty Sleep" and "Mummy Dearest," the two hundred and thirty-fifth episodes of The Smurfs, premiered on NBC.
• "Shamrock Smurfs," the two hundred and thirty-sixth episode of The Smurfs, premiered on NBC.
• "The Return of Commander Cool," the fifteenth episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, premiered on ABC.

1990s

1994

• "Punch," the seventh episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, premiered on Cartoon Network.

2010s

2016

• "The Big Sleep," the twenty-eighth episode of The Powerpuff Girls, premiered on Cartoon Network.