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• 1877: birth of Rudolph Dirks, pioneering German-American comic strip creator best known for the Katzenjammer Kids
• 1909: death of Caran d'Ache, French comics pioneer
• 1951: birth of Steve Bell, English comic strip creator best known for If...
• 1970: first appearance of Natacha by François Walthéry in Spirou
• 1977: first issue of 2000 AD, British comic with over 1500 issues published so far
• 1978: birth of Brett Marting, American comic book artist known for Archaic