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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