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1872: birth of A.D. Condo , American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip The Outbursts of Everett True
1882: birth of Robert Storm Petersen , Danish cartoonist , writer, animator, illustrator, painter, and humorist, known almost exclusively by his pen name Storm P
1952: first appearance of Linus Van Pelt , character in Charles M. Schulz ’s comic strip Peanuts
1953: debut of General Jumbo , British comic strip created by Paddy Brennan in The Beano
1954: birth of Garry Leach , British comics artist and publisher, best known for his work on Marvelman in Warrior
2001: first appearance of RahXephon , Japanese manga by Takeaki Momose
2001: death of Aldo Capitanio , Italian comics artist best known for his work on Tex Willer