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- 1914: birth of David Vern Reed, American writer, best known for his work on the Batman comic book during the 1950s
- 1944: birth of Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira, better known as Léo, Brazilian comics author and artist best known for Les Mondes d'Aldébaran
- 1961: birth of Philippe Francq, Belgian comic book artist best known for Largo Winch
- 1965: birth of Kyle Baker, American cartoonist, comic book writer-artist, and animator known for the revival of the series Plastic Man
- 1968: birth of Joseph Michael Linsner, American comic book writer and artist
- 1969: last issue of Lady Penelope, British comic for girls which ran for 204 issues
- 1975: death of John Millar Watt, British comic strip creator best known for Pop
- 1982: first appearance of Arnold, a comic strip by Kevin McCormick which ran until 1988
