• 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs's ape man first appears in All-Story magazine.
• 1914: Tarzan of the Apes is published as a novel.
• 1918: The movie's first Tarzan of the Apes is Elmo Lincoln.
• 1929: Tarzan becomes a comic strip.
• 1932: Johnny Weissmuller stars as Tarzan, The Ape Man.
• 1932: Tarzan gets his own radio show.
• 1939: Tarzan becomes a daddy in Tarzan Finds a Son!
• 1953: Lex Barker stars in Tarzan and the She-Devil.
• 1962: Jack Benny dons the loincloth to play Tarzan on The Jack Benny Show.
• 1963: Warhol's Tarzan swings both ways in Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of.
• 1966: TV's first Tarzan, Ron Ely, swings onto NBC on Sept. 8.
• 1966: Tarzan becomes a very groovy Aladdin lunch box.
• 1976: The animated Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle swings onto Saturday morning TV.
• 1981: Him, Tarzan. Her, Ten — Miles O'Keeffe and Bo Derek star in Tarzan, The Ape Man.
• 1984: Christopher Lambert broods in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.
• 1985: Baltimora climbs the pop charts with "Tarzan Boy."
• 1999: Tarzan develops quads of steel thanks to Disney animation.
• 2003: Underwear model Travis Fimmel trades in his Calvins for a chance to play the urban-bound jungle man.

(tvguide.com)