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- 1842: appearance of the first American comic book, a translation of Histoire de M. Vieux Bois by Rodolphe Töpffer
- 1872: birth of Llorenç Brunet, Catalan comic artist, caricaturist, and watercolor painter
- 1891: birth of John H. Striebel, American comic strip artist best known for Dixie Dugan
- 1912: birth of Phiny Dick, Dutch illustrator and writer of children's books and comics
- 1922: birth of Lucien Nortier, French writer-artist who created comics for Jeudi-Magazine and Pic et Nic
- 1955: birth of Jim Novak, American comic book creator and letterer for Marvel Comics
- 1964: birth of Duncan Fegredo, British comic book artist
- 1985: last issue of Nutty, British comic which ran since 1980
