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- 1863: birth of Richard F. Outcault, American comic strip pioneer best known for The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown
- 1908: birth of Joe Millard, American comic book writer
- 1914: birth of Vince Alascia, American comics artist best known for working on Captain America
- 1920: first appearance of Castor Oyl in Elzie Crisler Segar'ss comic strip Thimble Theatre
- 1921: birth of John Tartaglione, American comic book artist best known as a 1950s romance-comics artist
- 1937: birth of Rudy Nebres, Filipino comics artist who has worked mostly as an inker in the American comic book industry
- 1950: first publication of Comet, British comic magazine
- 1960: birth of Todd Loren, American comic book publisher, owner of Revolutionary Comics and its title Rock 'N' Roll Comics
- 1967: birth of Leonardo Ortolani, Italian comics author best known for Rat-Man
- 1976: birth of Tommi Liimatta, Finnish comics author
- 2000: death of Pat Boyette, American journalist and comic book artist, best known for work at Charlton Comics and co-creating the character the Peacemaker
- 2005: The first issue of The Amazing Joy Buzzards, is published by Image Comics.
- 2009: publication of Amazing Spider-Man #583, featuring "Spidey Meets the President!" in which Spider-Man meets president Barack Obama
