All times in UTC ·
Dashed edge = started before, or continues beyond, this day
Events on Sunday 4 October 1931 1
1931Dick Tracy debutsChester Gould's detective comic strip first appearsDick Tracy first appeared in the Detroit Mirror and was then syndicated nationally by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. The strip reflected the gangland violence of the Prohibition era. It became one of the longest-running comic strips in America.