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- birth of Michael Higgins, comic book editor, writer, artist and colorist
- 1846: death of Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher and artist widely considered the first modern comic creator
- 1867: birth of O'Galop, French artist and cartoonist, best known for creating Bibendum, the Michelin Man
- 1910: birth of C. C. Beck, American comic book artist, creator of Captain Marvel
- 1920: birth of Ray Holloway, American comic book letterer
- 1922: birth of Paul Gringle, American newspaper comic artist and animator, mainly known for his own feature Rural Delivery
- 1927: birth of Rocke Mastroserio, Italian-American comic book artist known for his work with Charlton Comics
- 1933: birth of Jan Kruis, Dutch comics artist and writer best known for Jan, Jans en de Kinderen
- 1957: birth of Scott Adams, American creator of the popular comic strip Dilbert
- 1963: last appearance of the comic strip Jonah, drawn by Ken Reid, in The Beano: it would return thirty years later in The Dandy
- 1986: final appearance of Dondi, American comic strip by Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen
- 1987: debut of Crankshaft, a still running American comic strip by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers
- 2000: death of Jeff MacNelly, American comic strip creator best known for Shoe
- 2004: start of Earthsong, American webcomic by Lady Yates
- 2005: first issue of Freshmen, a comic book series by Seth Green and Hugh Sterbakov
- 2006: death of Jaxon, American pioneering underground comix creator, co-founder of Rip Off Press
