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 * 1917: birth of Ruth Roche, American comic book writer and editor in the Golden Age of Comic Books
 * 1926: birth of Jon Maneely, American comic book artist at Marvel Comics


 * 1930: birth of Gahan Wilson, American comics artist best known for Nuts
 * 1931: birth of Johnny Hart, American comic strip creator best known for B.C.
 * 1960: birth of Jay Allen Sanford, American author and cartoonist, co-founder of Carnal Comics
 * 1961: last issue of Radio Fun, British comic which ran since 1938
 * 1963: birth of Mark Bodé, American cartoonist and son of underground comics legend Vaughn Bodē
 * 1967: first publication of Fantastic, British comic which lasted for 89 issues
 * 2000: death of Will, influential Belgian comics artist considered one of the founding members of the Marcinelle school
 * 2004: debut of Kekkaishi, Japanese manga by Yellow Tanabe
 * 2007: death of Bob Oksner, American comics artist best known for his work with DC Comics