1923 – Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer, dies
1944 – Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter, executed at 28
1944 – Gerrit Jan van der Veen [Wolffensperger], Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 41 (b. 1902)
1954 – Will Rossiter, composer, dies at 87
1992 – Hachidal Nakamura, composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure
1996 – Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, painter, dies at 89
1996 – Uno Chiyo, Japanese writer (Confessions of Love), dies at 98
2000 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930)
2000 – Hafez al-Assad, General and President of Syria (1971-2000), dies of a heart attack at 69
2001 – Princess Leila Pahlavi of Iran, youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, dies at 31