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Birthdays

Tony Harding [1942]
British illustrator of action comics
Chic Young [1901]
Creator of 'Blondie' comic strip
Karel Čapek [1890]
Czech writer who coined the word 'robot'

Death Anniversaries

Bud Paxson [2015]
Founder of Pax TV and precursor of Home Shopping Network
Johnny Gruelle [1938]
American artist, cartoonist and writer of children's books
Charles-Émile Reynaud [1918]
Inventor of the Praxinoscope and the first person to have projected animated cartoons

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