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- 1908: birth of José Escobar Saliente, Spanish comics creator best known for Zipi y Zape
- 1934: first appearance of Terry and the Pirates, a classic comic strip by Milton Caniff
- 1953: birth of Steven Grant, American comic book writer best known for Punisher
- 1954: death of George McManus, American comic strip creator best known for Bringing up Father
- 1962: birth of Mike Heisler, American comics writer known for Gen13
- 1962: birth of Andrea Kruis, Dutch comics artist best known for 15½
- 1977: first issue of Cheeky, British comic book which ran until 1980
- 1988: last publication of Oink!, British comic which lasted for 68 issues
- 2002: death of Nonoy Marcelo, Filipino comics artist best known for Ikabod
- 2011: death of Puthukkody Kottuthody Sankaran Kutty Nair, Indian political cartoonist better known as Kutty
