Japanese author and illustrator, created Golgo 13 (died 2021)

Takao Saito

Takao Saito was a Japanese manga artist, although he rejected the term and considered his work gekiga. He was best known for Golgo 13, which has been serialized in Big Comic since 1968, making it the oldest manga still in publication. Golgo 13 holds the Guinness World Record for "Most volumes published for a single manga series" and, in accordance with Saito's wishes, it continues to be serialized following his death from pancreatic cancer in September 2021. Saito won several awards in his 66-year career, including the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, and received the Medal with Purple Ribbon and Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government for his contributions to the arts.

Born

1936

November 3

Died

Living

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1930s

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361 Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.
1090 The Rouen Riot, an attempt by English king William Rufus to take possession of Rouen, the capital city of his brother Robert, duke of Normandy, fails.
1333 The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
1468 Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.

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The world in 1936

When Takao arrived

april 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
april 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
april 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
april 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

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André Malraux 1901–1976 French theorist and author (born 1901) Anna Wintour 1949– English-American journalist Annibale Carracci 1560–1609 Italian painter and illustrator (born 1560) Cathy Jamieson 1956– Scottish politician, 2nd Scottish Minister for Justice Claire van Kampen 1953–2025 English director and composer (born 1953) David Armstrong-Jones 1961– 2nd Earl of Snowdon, English businessman Diego Alessi 1971– Italian race car driver Dwight Yorke 1971– Tobagonian footballer and coach John Mitchel 1815– Irish journalist and activist (died 1875)

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Silvio Berlusconi 1936–2023 Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936) Anthony Lester 1936– Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020) Anthony Payne 1936–2021 English composer (born 1936) Antonin Scalia 1936–2016 American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1936) B. J. Habibie 1936–2019 Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (died 2019) Bill Mazeroski 1936– American baseball player and coach (died 2026) Bobby Ross 1936– American football player and coach Brian Blessed 1936– English actor Canaan Banana 1936–2003 Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)

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