1904 – Eduard Lassen, Belgian-Danish composer, dies at 73
1947 – Elizabeth Short, American victim in the Black Dahlia case, murdered at 22
1950 – Gen Henry “Hap” Arnold, U.S. General of the Air Force (b. 1886)
1952 – Ned Hanlon, Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)
1965 – Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered
1968 – Bill Masterson, Canadian American NHL player, first to be fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies at 29
1971 – John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50
1973 – Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68
1974 – Karel Salmon, Israeli composer, dies at 76
1988 – Seán MacBride, Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army and founder of Amnesty International (Nobel 1974), dies at 83