February 20, 1940 in 'Puss Gets the Boot' .
tom and jerry of course! it started even before my parents were borned
By William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at the MGM Cartoon Studio in 1939
I am unaware of any "torn cat" cartoon, but there is a cartoon "Tom and Jerry," where Tom is the cat, and Jerry is the mouse. "The Simpsons" contains a cartoon cat and mouse "Itchy and Scratchy" which is based on "Tom and Jerry."
tom and jerry
Jerry, from tom and jerry
Tom and Jerry are a pair of cartoon characters so they do not have a nationality. Tom is cat and Jerry is a mouse who perform slapstick comedy in their own cartoon show.
Tom and Jerry are from cartoon network not Disney channel.
Cartoon Network Pakistan debuted in 2004, presumably they began airing Tom & Jerry then. Exact details of programming have evidently been lost to history.
Tom and Jerry
The original Tom And Jerry cartoon aired in 1940
A. Tom and Jerry First Came Out In Colour In December 1939
the original name of Tom in Tom and Jerry