1890 – John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer of the American West and presidential candidate, dies at 77
1951 – Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer (Verklärte Nacht – Transfigured Night; 2nd Quartet), and painter associated with the expressionist movement, dies at 76
1954 – Grantland Rice, American sportswriter (New York Herald Tribune 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37), dies from a stroke at 73
1969 – Madiba Thembekile, Nelson Mandela’s son, dies in a car accident at 24
1976 – Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1884)
1988 – Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
1994 – Bob Payton, American pizza magnate (The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory), dies at 50
1995 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group), dies at 75
1996 – Pandro S. Berman, American film producer, dies at 91
2020 – Grant Imahara, American TV Mythbuster, dies of a brain aneurysm at 49