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- 1872: birth of Sol Hess, American comic strip writer best known for co-creating the long-run strip The Nebbs
- 1878: birth of Grace Drayton, American illustrator, creator of the Campbell Soup Kids
- 1895: birth of John Millar Watt, British comic strip creator best known for Pop
- 1902: birth of George Wilson, American illustrator and comic artist who provided art for Fiction House, Centaur Comics, and Ace Magazines
- 1916: birth of Bob Oksner, American comics artist best known for his work with DC Comics
- 1932: end of And Her Name Was Maud, comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper
- 1945: birth of Daan Jippes, Dutch comics artist best known for his work on Disney comics
- 1974: death of Reginald Heade, British pulp and comics artist, known for his work at Amalgamated Press
- 1969: birth of Brandon Peterson, American comics writer and artist
- 1969: birth of Christopher Jones, American comics artist best known for his work with Young Justice and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
- 1974: death of Otto Binder, American comic book writer best known for his work with Fawcett Comics
- 1980: first publication of Big Comic Spirits, a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan
- 1983: end of Black Jack, a manga written by Osamu Tezuka which ran for ten years
- 2012: death of Marc Swayze, American comic book artist, co-creator of Mary Marvel, best known for his work with Fawcett Comics
