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 * 1881: birth of Gene Carr, American pioneering comics creator
 * 1881: birth of Werner Wejp-Olsen, Danish cartoonist, internationally known for his work on Dick Danger
 * 1912: birth of Charles Addams, American cartoonist best known for The Addams Family
 * 1929: first appearance of Buck Rogers, American comic strip by Dick Calkins
 * 1929: first appearance of Tarzan American newspaper comic strip, drawn by Hal Foster (later famous for Prince Valiant)
 * 1934: debut of Jungle Jim, American comic strip by Alex Raymond and Don Moore
 * 1935: first appearance of Flash Gordon, American comic strip by Alex Raymond
 * 1943: birth of Liz Berube, American comic book artist and colorist best known for Archie Comics and DC Comics
 * 1945: birth of Jay Lynch, American underground comix artist best known for Nard N' Pat and his work in Mad magazine
 * 1947: start of Steve Canyon, American comic strip by Milton Caniff which ran until 1988
 * 1953: birth of Kevin Dooley, American writer and editor for DC Comics until 1999
 * 1953: birth of Bob Wiacek, American comic book artist and writer, working primarily as an inker
 * 1959: birth of Karl Kesel, American comics writer and inker, primarily working for DC Comics
 * 1964: birth of Aaron Lopresti, American comic book artist who has worked in the industry since 1993
 * 1965: birth of Fabrice Giger, Swiss comics publisher best known for Les Humanoïdes Associés and Humanoids
 * 1967: first appearance of Luc Orient by Greg and Eddy Paape in Tintin
 * 1971: birth of Tina Anderson, American yaoi comics author
 * 1990: debut of Baby Blues, American comic strip by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman