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1895: birth of John Millar Watt, British comic strip creator best known for Pop
1916: birth of Bob Oksner, American comics artist best known for his work with DC Comics
1945: birth of Daan Jippes, Dutch comics artist best known for his work on Disney comics
1974: death of Otto Binder, American comic book writer best known for his work with Fawcett Comics
1980: first publication of Big Comic Spirits, a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan
1983: end of Black Jack, a manga written by Osamu Tezuka which ran for ten years