How Woodstock - the bird - was inspired by the 1969 music festival
(WorldNews Entertainment)

Ever since the early `50s beginnings of `Peanuts,` creator Charles Schulz feathered his beloved comic strip with anonymous birds that popped in with mischievous, chirping whimsy. Yet it was two decades until a winged `Peanuts` creature finally got a name, becoming a fully nested character. On June 22, 1970, Schulz officially christened Snoopy`s little yellow friend Woodstock, naming him for the massive counterculture music festival that was staged 50 years ago this week on the farm in Bethel, New York. Schulz was not particularly a fan of rock music - his record collection leaned toward classical and country-western - yet Life magazine`s coverage of the event caught his eye. The...