On This Day: 23 Jan

World of Knowledge (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (1980)

Births:

Gerald Swan (1902)

Deaths:

Robert Peacock (2009)

Notable Events:

The InnerCity 125 locomotive named David Austin - Cartoonist was unveiled in 2007.
The funeral for Peter Weston was held in 2017.

On This Day: 22 Oct

Wildcat (Fleetway Publications) #01 (22 Oct 1988 - 04 Nov 1988)
The Mighty World of Marvel (Panini Publishing) vol.4 #01 (28 Oct 2009)

First Appearances:

Scarlet O'Gasmeter (Hewligan's Haircut) in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 702 (27 Oct 1990).

Births:

William St. John Glenn (1904); Rowland Emett (1906); Jim Lawrence (1918); Sid Bicknell (1922)

Deaths:

Gerald Swan (1980); Bert Hill (1986); Kenneth Ody (1990); Robert Nixon (2002); Martin Aitchison (2016); Steve Dillon (2016)

Notable Events:

A Dan Dare exhibition began at Bourne Hall, in Ewell, in 2001. It would finally end on the fifth of January the next year.