1916 – Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect), dies at 42
1917 – Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66
1943 – Szmul Zygielbojm, Jewish-Polish socialist politician (Bund) and activist, commits suicide to protest Allied indifference to the Holocaust during WWII at 48
1981 – Hoyt J Fuller, American editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57
1985 – Garmt Stuiveling, Dutch writer and poet (Ego and Echo), dies at 77
1988 – Kim Philby, British spy and Soviet mole who was a member of the “Cambridge Five”, dies at 76
1992 – Carlos Herrera, drink inventor (Margarita), dies at 90
1994 – Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 68
2003 – Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. 1945)
2003 – Ernie Toshack, Australian cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 47 wickets), dies at 88