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- 1912: birth of Franz-Werner Richter-Johnsen, , German painter, graphic artist, and comic artist, known for Detektiv Schmidtchen for the daily Bild
- 1927: birth of Raymond Maric, , French comic writer, artist, and editor
- 1951: birth of French cartoonist Jean Plantureux, who works under the pen-name Plantu for the Le Monde
- 1955: birth of Kevin Kallaugher, cartoonist for The Economist and a former cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun
- 1977: death of Ed Dobrotka, American comic artist, early assistant to Joe Shuster and co-creator of Toyman
- 1991: 2000 AD switches to full colour publication
