1891 – William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 54
1920 – Hendrik Peter Staal, Dutch reformed officer and politician, dies at 75
1944 – Philip Mechanicus, Dutch journalist, executed at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp at 55
1955 – Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese film score composer (Rashomon; Seven Samurai), dies of tuberculosis at 41
1981 – Frank DeKova, American actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies at 71
1985 – Ted Steele, American orchestra leader (Cavalcade of Stars), dies at 68
1995 – Phil Sidey, English broadcaster (Radio Leeds), dies at 69
2000 – Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912)
2008 – Chris Mims, American NFL defensive end, 1992-99 (San Diego Chargers; Washington Redskins), dies of cardiomegaly (enlarge heart) at 38
2012 – Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (1941-55 and 1993-2004), Chief of State (1960-70), independence campaigner and film producer, dies from a heart attack at 89