1934 – Jules Renkin, Belgian politician (28th Prime Minister of Belgium 1931-32), dies at 71
1939 – Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies
1940 – Donald Calthrop, British actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express), dies from a heart attack at 52
1959 – Peter Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies at 90
1969 – Peter Van Eyck [Götz von Eick], German actor (The Longest Day; The Wages of Fear), dies after long illness at 56
1977 – Konstantin Fedin, writer, dies
1986 – Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (Hambletonian x 4; Little Brown Jug x 5; Messenger Stakes x 7), dies from head injuries in fall at Yonkers Raceway at 62
1989 – Will Bradley [Wilbur Schwichtenberg], American session, jazz, and boogie-woogie trombonist and bandleader (“Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar”), dies at 77
1992 – Brett Whiteley, Australian artist, dies of an opiate overdose at 53
2021 – Andy Fordham, English darts player (BDO World Champion 2004), dies from organ failure at 59