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- 1917: birth of John Dirks, American cartoonist known for his work on his father's comic strip The Captain and the Kids
- 1926: birth of Howard Post, American comics artist and writer known for his work at Harvey Comics
- 1927: birth of Steve Ditko, American comic book artist, best known as co-creator of Spider-Man
- 1944: birth of Domingo Mandrafina, Argentine comics artist, known for Spaghetti Brothers and other work with Carlos Trillo
- 1953: birth of Tom Lyle, American comic book artist
- 1954: birth of Brian Augustyn, American comic book editor and writer best known fort his work at DC Comics
- 1971: birth of John Watson, American comic book artist
- 1977: birth of Joe Casey, American comic book writer
- 1978: debut of Beau Peep, British comic strip created by Roger Kettle and Andrew Christine in The Daily Star
- 1981: death of Wally Wood, American comic book artist, major contributor to Mad and EC Comics
- 2008: final appearance of Opus, American Sunday strip by Berkeley Breathed
