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- 1907: birth of Jacques Laudy, Belgian comics artist who contributed to the early issues of the weekly Tintin magazine
- 1915: birth of Henry Kuttner, American author, best known in comics for his Green Lantern stories for DC Comics
- 1935: debut of Hejji, short-lived American comic strip by Dr. Seuss
- 1952: birth of Jacques Boivin, Canadian artist, best know for work on the erotic comic Mélody for Kitchen Sink Press
- 1964: birth of Michael A. Martin, American writer, co-writer for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comics at Marvel Comics
- 1992: Art Spiegelman wins a special Pulitzer Prize for Maus, the first and so far only graphic novel to win one
- 2007: death of Johnny Hart, American comic strip creator best known for B.C.
