Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles and ends, this time for August 19-25, 2016...

110 years ago August 21, 1906 Animator, cartoonist, director, and producer Isadore “Friz” Freling is born.

95 years ago August 19, 1921 Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is born. “Wait a minute!” you may say. “Didn’t you tell me three weeks ago that he was born August 1 that year?” Well, yes. And that’s what my database said. It is now embarrassed and sulking—and repaired. And I thank kindly Tony Isabella for reading Turning Points so closely.

75 years ago August 24, 1941 Writer-artist Jim Scancarelli is born. He takes over the Gasoline Alley strip at the death of Dick Moores.

70 years ago August 25, 1946 Breathless Mahoney [Spoiler!] dies in Dick Tracy.

65 years ago August 22, 1951 Elsewhere Productions editor-writer Ken L. Jones is born.

60 years ago August 22, 1956 Artist Anna-Maria B. Cool is born.

50 years ago August 19, 1966 Artist Stefano Gaudiano is born. He draws for Marvel and DC such titles as Daredevil and Batman: Family.

50 years ago August 22, 1966 Peanuts introduces Peppermint Patty. Speaking of Linus, she asks, “Is he cute? If he is, tell him your very good friend, ‘Peppermint’ Patty says, ‘Hello.’ ”

50 years ago August 24, 1966 Writer Mark Lucas is born.

15 years ago August 25, 2001 Chuck Cuidera dies at age 85. The Golden and Silver Age artist was known for work on Blue Beetle and he co-created Blackhawk.

5 years ago August 22, 2011 Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl von Bülow dies at age 87. The award-winning German cartoonist and director was better known as Loriot and created the character “Wum.”