On This Day: 06 Feb

Buddy (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (14 Feb 1981).

Pages from History - Illustrated by C.L. Doughty (Bear Alley Books; 2012) ISBN-13: 9781907081590.
The Diary of Dennis the Menace by Steven Butler (Puffin; 2014) ISBN-13: 9780141350820.

First Appearances:

Shauna McCullough (Zippy Couriers) in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 613 (11 Feb 1989)

Births:

H.R. Millar (1869); Arthur Catherall (1906); Keith Waterhouse (1929); Michael Hardcastle (1933); Clive Collins (Collie; 1942); John Springs (1962)

Deaths:

R.B. Saxe (1953); Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (1968)

Notable Events:

The Penny War Weekly became Vivid War Weekly in 1915.
David Nixon was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1956.