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• 1921: birth of Bill Mauldin, American comic strip creator known for Willie and Joe
• 1944: birth of Nick Cuti, American comic book writer best known as creator of E-Man
• 1953: birth of Batton Lash, American comics creator, best known for the series Supernatural Law
• 1959: first issue of Pilote, French comics magazine, with a.o. the debut of Asterix by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
• 1999: death of Greg, prolific Belgian comics author and artist, editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine
• 2007: debut online of Xeric award-winning Grey Legacy, by Wayne Wise and Fred Wheaton