1865 – Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies at 62
1910 – Albert Fuchs, Swiss-German composer, dies at 51
1939 – Henri Jaspar, 27th Prime Minister of Belgium (1927-31), dies at 68
1967 – J. Frank Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US), dies at 97
1981 – Jack Crapp, English cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies at 68
1981 – Karl Richter, German composer and conductor, dies at 54
1994 – Andrei Tsjikatilo [Rostov Ripper], Russian mass murdered, executed
1996 – Oscar Abrams, community organiser, dies at 58
2001 – Boris Goldovsky, Russian-American conductor, educator (Tangle wood, 1942-62), and opera broadcast commentator (Metropolitan Opera, 1946-85), dies at 92
2004 – Jens Evensen, Norwegian minister and jurist (b. 1917)