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- birth of Patrick Gleason (artist), American comic book artist and writer
- 1907: birth of Cecil Surry, American cartoonist at various film studios in the Golden Age of Animation
- 1946: birth of Hideshi Hino, Japanese manga artist and author, best known for his horror stories
- 1970: debut of Broom Hilda, American comic strip by Russell Myers
- 1978: birth of Aleksi Briclot, French comic book artist
- 1978: birth of Takeshi Miyazawa, Canadian comic book artist best known for Mary Jane
- 1987: death of Milt Kahl, American animator, known as Disney's Nine Old Men
- 1999: first appearance of The Boondocks, American comic strip created by Aaron McGruder which ran until 2006
- 2001: death of Henry Boltinoff, American comics artist known for his humor strips at DC Comics
- 2002: death of Alberto Beltrán, Mexican artist, writer, and editor, founding member of the Academy of Arts
- 2002: last appearance of Theophilus, an American religious comic strip by Bob West which ran since 1966
- 2002: debut of Black Lagoon, Japanese manga created by Rei Hiroe
