# 5 DID YOU KNOW we have Al Capp and Li’l Abner to thank for Sadie Hawkins Day? On that day women ruled.  They asked the men for a date or a dance. The idea quickly spread to college campuses and real-world Sadie Hawkins events. The idea was introduced in the comic strip in 1937 and by 1939 Life magazine reported that 201 colleges in 188 cities held a Sadie Hawkins Day.