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 * 1920: birth of Sandro Angiolini, Italian comics author known for Isabella
 * 1922: birth of Maurice Maréchal, Belgian comics artist, best known for the series Prudence Petitpas
 * 1926: birth of Tom K. Ryan, American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Tumbleweeds
 * 1927: birth of Peter Spier, Dutch-American illustrator and writer, creator of Sophie for Spirou
 * 1932: launch of Napoleon and Uncle Elby, American newspaper comic strip created by Clifford McBride
 * 1958: birth of Greg Adams, American comic book artist best known as an inker for Marvel comics
 * 1959: first appearance of The Three Bears, British comic strip by Leo Baxendale which still appears in The Beano
 * 1962: birth of Tom McCraw, American comic book artist, writer, and creator, best known as a colorist for DC Comics
 * 1970: first issue of Cor!!, British comic book which ran until 1974
 * 1977: death of Joe Musial, American cartoonist who drew The Katzenjammer Kids
 * 1977: launch of Howard the Duck as a comic strip, by Steve Gerber and Gene Colan
 * 1992: death of Martin Goodman, American comics publisher best known for Timely Comics
 * 1997: death of Manny Stallman, American comics artist, known for his work during the Golden Age of Comics
 * 2004: death of Kate Worley, American comic book writer known for Omaha the Cat Dancer
 * 2012: death of Jean-René Le Moing, French artist, one of the co-creators of Pilote