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 * 1917: debut of The Gumps, American comic strip created by Sidney Smith which ran until 1959
 * 1946: birth of Ever Meulen, Belgian illustrator and comics artist known for Balthazar de groene steenvreter
 * 1962: death of Ding Darling, American cartoonist
 * 1970: birth of Judd Winick, American comic writer and artist known for the graphic novel Pedro and Me
 * 2000: death of Charles M. Schulz, creator of the influential comics strip Peanuts
 * 2012: death of John Severin, veteran EC Comics artist