1886 – Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
1898 – Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)
1907 – Alfred Shaw, cricketer (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies at 64
1934 – Annie Patterson, Irish organist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 65
1957 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian US conductor (NBC), dies in NYC at 89
1975 – Thor Johnson, American conductor (Cin Symph 1958), dies at 61
1986 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
1992 – Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95
1996 – Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (b. 1903)
2012 – Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch harpsichordist, organist and conductor, dies at 87