2004 Vaughn Meader, comic/musician, The First Family, dies at 62
2004 Rodney Dangerfield, comic, dies at 81
2004 Alan King, comic/producer, Friar's Club roasters, dies at 76
2004 Julius Schwartz, comic editor/agent, dies at 88
2003 Fred Berry, comic, Whats Happening, dies at 52
2003 John Ritter, actor/comic, Three's Company, dies at 56
2002 Judy Toll, comic/writer, Sex and the City, dies at 44
2002 Spike Milligan, "comic, writer", The Goon Show, dies at 83
2002 Avery Schreiber, comic, Burns and Schreiber, dies at 66
2001 Foster Brooks, comic, ", ""professional lush"", ", dies at 89
2001 Imogene Coca, comic, Your Show of Shows, dies at 92
2001 "Theodore Gottlieb AKA ""Brother Theodore""", comic, dies at 94
2001 Sandy Baron, comic, Broadway Danny Rose, dies at 63
1998 Flip Wilson, comic, The Flip Wilson Show, dies at 64
1998 "Comic Relief" benefit comedy show
1998 Phil Hartman, comic, Saturday Night Live, dies at 49
1998 Grandpa Jones [born: Louis Marshall Jones], country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
1997 Red Skelton, comic, dies at 84
1997 Joey Faye, comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes)
1996 Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900
1996 Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman), dies at 81
1996 Bernard Baily, comic artist, dies at 79
1996 Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic, dies at 55
1995 Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip
1995 Calvin/Hobbes, (comic strip), dies
1995 Rick Aviles, U.S. comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS
1995 Peter Cook, English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Bedazzled), dies at 57
1994 Mitacq, [Michel Tacq], Belg comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies
1994 Harry Touw, Dutch comic (Fred Hache Show), dies at 70
1994 Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59
1993 Kenneth Connor, English comic/actor (Carry on Sergeant), dies at 75
1993 Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comic actor, dies of heart attack at 71
1992 Bob the Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje), dies
1991 Robert Q Lewis, U.S. comic/TV panel member (RQL Show), dies at 70
1990 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
1990 Terry Thomas, Engl comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78
1989 Cornel Wilde, actor (Saadia, Comic, Beach Red, Gargoyles), dies at 74
1989 Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English comic (Bitter Springs), dies at 80
1987 "Late Nite Comic" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 4 performances
1987 "Late Nite Comic" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 4 performances
1986 Coluche, [Michel Colucci], French comic, dies at 41
1986 Yakima Canutt, actor and director (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 91
1984 Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus
1981 George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83
1981 George Jessel, U.S. comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83
1979 Zeppo Marx, [Herbert], U.S. comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 78
1978 Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip
1977 Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77)
1977 Gummo [Milton] Marx, U.S. comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84
1976 Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts
1976 Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic, dies at 73
1973 Walt Kelly, U.S. comic strip artist (Pogo), dies at 60
1973 Murat B "Chic" Young, U.S. comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72
1973 Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuted
1971 Harold Lloyd, U.S. comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77
1970 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
1968 Harold Gray, U.S. comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74
1967 Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], U.S. comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72
1966 Buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], U.S. comic (General), dies at 69
1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking
1958 Comic strip "BC" 1st appears
1957 Dennis Leary, actor/comic, MTV
1957 Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut
1957 Ray Billingsley, comic strip cartoonist, Curtis
1954 George Edward Robey, English comic/actor (Henry IV), dies at 85
1953 Nicholas Wisdom, cricketer, son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974
1950 "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts
1950 Harry Lauder (Maclennan), Scottish comic/singer, dies at about 75
1948 Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65
1946 Martin Kresses begins publishing "Eric the Viking" comic strip
1944 Harry Langdon, U.S. comic/director (Heart Trouble), dies at 60
1944 Batman and Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
1943 "Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio
1943 Vivian Stanshall, songwriter/comic
1942 "Archie" comic book debuts
1942 Archie Andrews, comic book character, Archie
1941 "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers
1941 John Gould, British composer/musical comic
1941 "Captain America" appears in a comic book
1940 Ben[jamin] Turpin, U.S. comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies
1940 Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic
1940 Jimmy Tarbuck, English comic/golfer
1939 Comic strip "Superman" debuts
1938 Comic strip "Dennis the Menace," 1st appears
1937 "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail
1934 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts
1933 Tim Conway, born in Willoughby, Ohio, comic, McHale's Navy, Carol Burnett Show
1933 Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead in the comic Blondie
1932 Paul Krassner, comic strip cartoonist, MAD Magazine, and founder, Yippies
1931 Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts
1931 Dick Tracy, comic strip crimestopper
1930 1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie"
1930 "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears
1929 Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater"
1929 "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres
1929 "Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears
1926 Tom Ryan, comic strip cartoonist, Tumbleweeds
1925 Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist, Kuifje, Lion of Flanders
1925 Max Linder, French actor/comic/director (Max toreador), dies at 41
1925 Leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist, Little Orphan Annie
1925 Charlie Drake, British comic, Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb, Splish Splash
1924 "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published
1924 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts
1924 Paul Conrad, comic strip cartoonist, LA Times
1924 Harry Cordon, comic and host, Fred Hache Show
1923 Roy Lichtenstein, New York City, Pop art painter, painted comic book panels
1923 "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts
1922 Little Orphan Annie, comic strip character
1921 Bobby Todd, U.S. comic/actor, Original Sin
1921 Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator, MAD Magazine
1919 Jon Pertwee, English comic/actor, Dr. Who, Worzel Gummidge
1916 Bernard Baily, comic artist
1914 Jerry Siegel, comic book writer, Superman
1913 Vivian Vance, comic sidekick
1910 "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal
1909 Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English radio comic/actor, Phoenix
1906 Harry Ritz, U.S. comic, Ritz Brothers-Silent Movie
1904 George Formby, [William Booth], British singer/comic, Let George Do It
1904 U.S. blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey
1903 Jimmy Ritz, U.S. comic, Ritz Brothers-Blazing Stewardesses
1902 Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic
1900 Sydney Arnold, English comic/actor, Miss Jones and Son
1898 George Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer, Diary of Young Comic
1895 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper
1895 Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], U.S. comic/actor, Lion-Wizard of Oz
1894 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (New York World)
1894 1st comic strip "Origin of a New Species," by Richard Outcault
1893 Stanley Lupino, English comic, Cheer Up, Over She Goes
1893 Harold Lloyd, Burchard, Nebraska, silent comic, Why Worry, Safety Last
1890 Comic Cuts, 1st weekly comic paper, published in London
1884 Harry Langdon, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, comic/director, Strong Man
1883 Max Linder, Caverne France, actor/comic/director, Max Prend un Bain
1882 Karl Valentin, German comic/writer
1874 Ben[jamin] Turpin, U.S., comic, Uncle Tom Without the Cabin
1873 Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Span poet/comic playwright, dies at 76
1869 George Robey, [George Edward Wade], comic
1866 Henri [Hendrik J] Hall, Dutch MP/comic, Put a Lid on it
1802 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published
1796 Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright
1738 Joe Miller, English comic, dies
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