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In Britain, advertising cigarettes on television is banned.

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In the United States the touch-tone telephone is introduced.

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At the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King makes his "I have a dream" speech.

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Uganda becomes independent of Britain and chooses to be a member of the Commonwealth.

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East German police confiscate identity cards from among the 50,000 residents of East Berlin who cross into West Berlin each day to work.

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The Urban Reform Act in Cuba goes into effect, commanding that rents be cut in half.

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Cyprus acquires independence from Britain, except for the British retaining authority over two military bases.

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The United States launches a weather satellite, Tiros-1

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In New Orleans, the Southern Leadership Conference is created, with Martin Luther King Jr. elected as president.

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Peru gives its women the right to vote.

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Aug 30  Finland pays the last of its reparations to the Soviet Union.

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The German government passes legislation that requires Jews to carry identity cards.

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The US lands a spacecraft on Mars, its scientific instruments intact.

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The population of the United States reaches 300 million.

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Oct 24  Brazil launches its first rocket into space.

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Britain and the Soviet Union agree to promote trade between their countries.

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In Britain, the BBC begins its Television Newsreel.

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In the United States people can now dial directly for coast-to-coast telephone calls.

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The French establish their first factory in India, at Surat.

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A war begins between the English and Dutch, inspired by commercial competition

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Noah Van Sciver is an American cartoonist, the younger brother of Ethan Van Sciver who is also a comic artist. Sciver is well known for his series, Blammo and has currently published nine and a half issues.

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Guy Delisle is a Canadian cartoonists who focuses on using his travelling experiences as his main source for his graphic novels.

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Bryan Lee O'Malley is a cartoonist who is well known for the Scott Pilgrim series and the latest graphic novel Seconds.

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Hope Larson is an American illustrator and cartoonist. At the start of her career she published her first comic, I Was There & Just Returned. After the publication of her first book she then experimented with mini comics and screen printing.

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Jeff Smith is an American cartoonist and is known for his book series, Bone. He also produces web comic series.

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Charles Bruns is an American cartoonist who is most notable for the creation of Black Hole.

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Eddie Campbell is a comic artist and cartoonist, well know for his autobiographical series, Alec.

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Chester Brown is a Canadian cartoonists, best known for his autobiographical work. Brown began by self publishing his mini comic Yummy Fur, this expanded to 32 issues over time which started in 1986 and ended in 1994.

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Paying for It , "a comic strip memoir about being a john", is a 2011 graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown. A combination of memoir and polemic, the book explores Brown's decision to give up on romantic love and to take up the life of a "john" by frequenting prostitutes.

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Adrian Tomine is cartoonist, known for his self published comic book series Optic Nerve. He is also known for his New Yorker book, containing several illustrations.

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Jim Woodring is an American cartoonist who is most notable for his comics Jim and Frank. His hallucinations are his main focus when creating comics. His work focuses on his dreams allowing him to produce comics from these dreams which were first seen in Jim.

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Get FREE shipping on The Portable Frank by Jim Woodring, from wordery.com. Frank is a unique, visionary comic, exquisitely drawn and so fully realised that adults and children alike find themselves pulled deeply into Woodring's hallucinatory mindscape. For all its mystery, though, the world of Frank is a simple,

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James Strum is an American cartoonist who has experienced working for both genres, mainstream and independent. During his career he has published several books including, The Golem's Mighty Swing as well as working with Marvel to help produce the mini series of Fantastic Four.

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"The images Sacco draws are so powerful that they burn deep into your retina and reconfigure how you see the world... Journalism displays Sacco at the top of his game."―National Post (Toronto)Over the past decade, Joe Sacco has increasingly turned to short-form comics journalism to report from co...

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Harvey Pekar is an American underground comic writer and is well known for is autobiographical series, American Splendor. Throughout his career he published several books such as his autobiographical work, The Quitter as well as graphic novel Cleveland.

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Dave Sim is a Candian cartoonist who is best known for his book, Cerebus.

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Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Chris Ware. Pantheon Books released the book in 2000 following its serialization in the newspaper and Ware's Acme Novelty Library series.

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"Continuing the new semiannual hardcover format for Palookaville in volume 21, Seth presents two very different autobiographical pieces, and the continuation of Part Four of the ongoing Clyde Fans serial."--Amazon.com. #HappyReading

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Robert Crumb is an American cartoonist who is well known for his distinct psychedelic style. Crumb's work was noticed after Zap Comix was published and this was the first successful publication during the underground comix period. His other noteable work includes Fritz the Cat and Mr Natural.

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Daniel Clowes is a notable cartoonist and illustrator. He is well known for his comic series Eightball and graphic novel Ghost World.

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Joe Matt is a cartoonist who is well known for his autobiographical work such as Peep Show.

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Osamu Tezuka is a Japanese cartoonist who is well known for his anime and manga style and especially for his creation of Astro Boy.

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The Golden Age Comics started in the late 1930s and lasted until the early 1950s. This period of time was significant as superheroes such as Superman, Batman and Captain America were created.

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Ivan Brunetti is an American cartoonist, best known for his autobiographical series, Schizo.

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Alec Longstreth is comic artist who focuses on autobiographical work. He is best known for his minicomic Phase 7 which contains eighteen issues. As well as his minicomic he has also recently published his graphic novel, Basewood.

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Ryan Claytor is an American comic artist, noted for his self published autobiographical series, And Then One Day.

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James Kochalka is an American comic artist and writer. Most of Kochalka's comics are autobiographical where he is able to give express his view on the world. His work includes characters such as his wife, children, cat and several friends. He published his first comic in 1994 in which Daniel Clowes stated to have been inspired by his work. Kochalka has published numerous comics, American Elf is one of his most successful work which is a series of collected daily comic strips.

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Stephen Mccranie is an American comic artist who is well known for his comic book series, Mal and Chad. Stephen also keeps an updated blog, Doodle Alley which contains several comic essays. He has recently published his new graphic novel, Brick by Brick which is a collection of comic essays.

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Dylan Horrocks is cartoonist, born in New Zealand. He is well known for his graphic novel, Hicksville. During his career he has also published comic series such as Atlas as well as web comics and other short stories.

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Black Candy was Matt Madden's first graphic novel which was published in 1998.

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Brian Ralph is an American cartoonist, best known for his graphic novel Cave In and Daybreak.

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Lucy Knisley is an American comic artist and is know for her autobiographical work. Knisley has published several books such as French Milk and Relish. As well as her graphic novels she also post monthly web comics.

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Sergio Aragones is a Spanish/Mexican cartoonist who is known for his work in Mad Magazine. As well as his contribution to Mad Magazine he has also published several books including Groo the Wanderer.

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Jeffrey Browns first published book Clumsy (2002) is his most notable pieces of work. The book Clumsy is one of his most popular work and this book gained him recognition from cartoonists and comic fans and in 2007 it was estimated that 20,000 copies were printed.

Brown focuses on autobiography work by publishing personal situations such as relationships. He has also published other books such as Unlikely, A Matter Of Life, Kids Are Weird, A Little Memoir and his series of Star Wars.

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The first passengers travel through the Channel Tunnel.

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Microsoft Corporation releases Windows 1.0.

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In Stockholm, Albert Camus wins the Noble Prize for literature.

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Italy signs a peace agreement with France.

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In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic.

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The first transatlantic telephone call is made, from New York City to London, via radio waves.

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Oklahoma becomes the 46th state in the US

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Scott McCloud is an American cartoonist who is well known for his book, Understanding Comics. As well as creating comics he is also known for his theory in comic which is the reason for Understanding Comics to be successful.

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Detective Comics is an American comic book series published by the well known DC Comics. The comics were created in 1937 and last until 2011, allowing 881 issues to be published. Detective Comics was a popular comic series due to the significant characters which appeared within the series such as Batman and Superman.

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Mutt and Jeff was is an American newspaper comic strip which was produced in 1907 and is thought to be the first daily comic strip. The comic strip lasted until 1983 and was later published as a comic book.

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John Porcellino is a comic artist, best known for his autobiographical series King Cat. King Cat is a long running self published minicomic and currently stands at 71 issues. As well as his minicomic he has also published his graphic novel, Perfect Example which focuses mainly on depression, in which he suffered from as a teenager. Porcellino is also known for his simple style and during the early stage of his career was often criticised for this and struggled to find a publisher.

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Pogo is an American comic strip produced by Walt Kelly which was published in 1948 up until 1975.

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Calvin and Hobbes follows the humorous antics of Calvin, a precocious, mischievous, and adventurous six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his sardonic stuffed tiger. Set in the contemporary suburban United States, the strip depicts Calvin's frequent flights of fancy and his friendship with Hobbes.

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Action Comics is an American comic book series which was previously published under Detective Comics until the name, DC Comics was founded. The comic book series includes the appearance of Superman as well as other significant characters.