On what date did the final original Peanuts strip appear?

The final original Peanuts strip appeared on February 13, 2000.

The date was a Sunday, and it marked the end of Charles M. Schulz’s nearly 50-year run. The final strip included Schulz’s farewell message, explaining that he could no longer continue drawing the comic and that the characters would remain uniquely his.

A common mix-up is January 3, 2000, which was the date of the last daily Peanuts strip. Sunday strips continued for several weeks, making February 13 the final original strip overall. Schulz died on February 12, 2000, one day before the final strip was published.

Afterward, newspapers continued carrying reruns, but no new Peanuts strips were created. The ending therefore refers specifically to the last original strip, not the last time the comic appeared in newspapers.