1892 – Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, Danish organist and composer, dies at 63
1899 – George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
1971 – Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
1977 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian leader and 5th President of India (1974-77), dies of a heart attack at 72
1991 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1922)
1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet, commits suicide at 65
2004 – Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO, dies at 73
2006 – Peter Benchley, American author, dies at 65
2009 – Marina Svetlova, American ballerina and choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), dies at 86
2015 – Bob Simon, American TV correspondent (CBS, 60 Minutes), dies after a car crash at 73