1917 – Oswald Chambers, Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement minister and writer (My Utmost for His Highest), dies at 43
1919 – Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies at 52
1967 – Michael J. Adams, USAF pilot (X-15), dies in X-15 crash at 37
1981 – Walter Heitler, German physicist, quantum field theorist, philosopher, and writer (Man and Science), dies at 77
1985 – Spencer W. Kimball, American 12th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1973-1985), dies at 90
1994 – Janet Ahlberg (née Hall), British children’s book illustrator (The Jolly Postman; Each Peach Pear Plum), dies of breast cancer at 50
1997 – Saul Chaplin [Kaplan], American Oscar Award-winning stage, and screen composer, arranger, and orchestrator (An American in Paris; “The Anniversary Song”), dies at 85
2000 – Gene Gutche, German-born composer, dies at 93
2005 – Dr. Adrian Rogers, American Southern Baptist Minister and leader (b. 1931)
2009 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican soccer striker (16 caps; Monterrey, Villarreal), dies from a heart attack at 31