2014 Event Dong Nguyen, creator of the 'Flappy Bird' app, announces that he will reintroduce the app sometime in the future; he removed the app in February after fearing that it was too addictive 2012 Event French comic artist Jean Giraud, creator of 'Blueberry' and numerous influential science-fiction comics, dies at 73 2007 Death Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers, dies of a stroke while at the drawing table, at age 76 2001 Death Hank Ketcham, cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace, dies at 81 2001 Death William Hanna, cartoon creator, The Flintstones, dies at 90 2000 Death "Raymond E. Portwood, Jr", game creator, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, dies at 66 1997 Event Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space 1995 Death Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator, dies at 57 1994 Death Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78 1994 Death Gary Kildall, creator of CP/M, dies at 52 1993 Event Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78 1992 Death Ralph Cooper, creator (Amateur Night at the Apollo), dies of cancer 1992 Death Joe Shuster, co creator (Superman), dies at 78 1991 Death Gene Roddenberry, creator (Star Trek), dies of cardiac arrest at 70 1991 Birthday Abraham Joseph Groening, son of Simpson creator Matt Groening 1989 Death Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81 1985 Death Richard Yardumian, U.S. composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68 1973 Death Irna Phillips, creator of 5 TV soap operas, dies at 72 1969 Birthday Bryant H. McGill, born in Mobile, Alabama, editor, author, celebrity publicist, creator, celebrity verification group, books include the 'McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme' 1967 Death Robert J Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, dies at 62 1964 Death Ian Fleming, British journalist and creator of 'James Bond', dies at 56 1961 Birthday Daniel Clowes, born in Chicago, Illinois, author, cartoonist, creator of 'Eightball', published graphic novels including, 'Ghost World' 1960 Birthday Mark Burnett, born in London, England, television producer, creator of based reality television to the U.S., created shows, 'Survivor' and 'The Apprentice' 1959 Birthday Jerry Only, born in Lodi, New Jersey, Gerald Caiafa, bassist, singer for the Misfits, horror punk, hardcore punk genres, creator, Devilock, hair style 1957 Death Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies 1957 Birthday Michael Cretu, born in Bucharest, Romania, born Mihai Cretu, known as Curly M.C., Enigma project creator, sold over 50 million albums by the year 2008 1957 Death Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies 1957 Death Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66 1952 Birthday Paul Reubens, born in Peekskill, New York, born Paul Rubenfeld, actor, comedian, famous character, Pee-Wee Herman, creator of 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' 1946 Birthday Carson Van Osten, born in America, musician, performed with Todd Rundgren and rock group 'Nazz', comics creator, artist of Disney comics 1943 Birthday Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari, creator, Pong 1942 Birthday Gary Kildall, creator of CP/M 1939 Death James A Naismith, creator of basketball, dies at 78 1937 Birthday Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator 1931 Birthday Johnny Hart, born in Endicott, New York, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers 1927 Birthday William J. Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, soap opera creator, Young and Restless 1924 Birthday Lloyd Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, American author, wrote children's fantasy novels, 'Cricket' magazine creator 1917 Birthday Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz 1917 Birthday Richard Yardumian, born in Philadelphia, composer, Come Creator Spirit 1916 Birthday Sherwood Schwartz, Passaic, New Jersey, TV creator, Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is 1914 Birthday Allen Funt, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host and creator, Candid Camera 1913 Birthday Walt Kelly, cartoonist, creator, Pogo 1900 Birthday Walter Lantz, animator, Woody Woodpecker's creator 1894 Birthday Harold L Gray, creator, Little Orphan Annie 1880 Birthday Elisabeth Achelis, creator, World Calendar 1880 Birthday Mack Sennett, movie creator, Keystone Kops
