1788 – Joseph Gibbs, English composer and organist, dies at 88
1852 – Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Dutch Frisian merchant, poet, and story teller (Rhymes and Tales), dies at 60
1877 – José de Alencar, Brazilian writer (O Guarani), dies at 48
1958 – Milutin Milanković, Serbian astronomer and geophysicist (linked long-term changes in climate to astronomical factors affecting the amount of solar energy received at Earth’s surface), dies at 79
1965 – Johnny Lee, American actor (Song of the South, The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show), dies from a heart attack at 67
1976 – John “Jack” Cassidy, American stage and screen actor and Grammy Award-winning singer (Shangri-La; The Eiger Sanction: She Loves Me; Columbo), dies in an apartment fire at 49
1998 – Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (Rosaura at Ten in the Morning, Secret Ceremony), dies at 76
2003 – Heydar Aliyev [Heydər Əliyev], Soviet-Azerbaijani politician (President of Azerbaijan, 1983-2003), dies at 80
2006 – Paul Arizin, American College/Basketball HOF small forward (NBA C’ship 1956; 10 x NBA All Star; NBA scoring champion 1952, 57; Philadelphia Warriors), dies in his sleep at 78
2021 – Vicente Fernández, Mexican Grammy Award-winning singer, known as “El Rey de la Música Ranchera” (The King of Ranchera Music), actor, and film producer, dies at 81