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 * 1847: death of Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, French caricaturist also known by Jean-Jacques, J. J. Grandville or Grandville
 * 1877: birth of Albert Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist, poster artist and book cover designer
 * 1939: birth of Flo Steinberg, American comic book publisher and former secretary for Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee
 * 1950: birth of Rötger Feldmann, German comics author best known for Werner
 * 1951: first appearance of Dennis the Menace, ongoing British comic strip created by David Law in The Beano (this comic is unrelated to the American comic strip Dennis the Menace by Hank Ketcham which debuted 5 days earlier)
 * 1956: birth of Patrick McDonnell, American creator of the popular comic strip Mutts
 * 1959: first issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine, a Japanese shōnen manga magazine
 * 1965: birth of Patricia Mulvihill (or Trish Mulvihill), American comic book colorist
 * 1971: birth of Jon Sibal American comic book artist
 * 1972: death of Antonio Rubio, Cuban artist, founder and president of the Cuban Cartoonists Association
 * 1972: death of Russell Patterson, American cartoonist and illustrator, creator of the cartoon Mamie
 * 1985: debut of Luann, an American comic strip by Greg Evans