1813 – Hezqeyas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1789-94), dies
1949 – August Krogh, Danish zoophysiologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1920 for study of arterioles and capillaries), dies at 74
1967 – Varian Fry, American journalist and recognized as “Righteous Among the Nations”, dies at 59
1967 – Russell L. Rogers, American electrical engineer and astronaut (X-20), dies in explosion at 39
1969 – Charles Foulkes, Canada general and honorary citizen of Wageningen who accepted WWII Germany’s surrender in the Netherlands, dies at 66
1991 – Ferry Barendse, Dutch trumpeter, composer, and singer (Ramblers), dies at 80
1992 – Lou Jacobs, US clown (1966 US postage stamp), dies at 89
2003 – Frank O’Bannon, American politician (Governor of Indiana, 1997-2003), dies of a stroke at 73(
2007 – Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia, dies at 87
2009 – Paul Burke, American actor (Naked City, Thomas Crown Affair, Neal-Dynasty), dies at 83