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- 1920: birth of Sandro Angiolini, Italian comics author known for Isabella
- 1922: birth of Maurice Maréchal, Belgian comics artist, best known for the series Prudence Petitpas
- 1926: birth of Tom K. Ryan, American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Tumbleweeds
- 1927: birth of Peter Spier, Dutch-American illustrator and writer, creator of Sophie for Spirou
- 1932: launch of Napoleon and Uncle Elby, American newspaper comic strip created by Clifford McBride
- 1958: birth of Greg Adams, American comic book artist best known as an inker for Marvel comics
- 1959: first appearance of The Three Bears, British comic strip by Leo Baxendale which still appears in The Beano
- 1962: birth of Tom McCraw, American comic book artist, writer, and creator, best known as a colorist for DC Comics
- 1970: first issue of Cor!!, British comic book which ran until 1974
- 1977: death of Joe Musial, American cartoonist who drew The Katzenjammer Kids
- 1977: launch of Howard the Duck as a comic strip, by Steve Gerber and Gene Colan
- 1992: death of Martin Goodman, American comics publisher best known for Timely Comics
- 1997: death of Manny Stallman, American comics artist, known for his work during the Golden Age of Comics
- 2004: death of Kate Worley, American comic book writer known for Omaha the Cat Dancer
- 2012: death of Jean-René Le Moing, French artist, one of the co-creators of Pilote
