1925 – Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b. 1888)
1933 – George Gore, American baseball player, dies at 79
1944 – Gustav Bauer, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (1919-1920), dies at 74
1950 – Pedro De Cordoba, American actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur), dies at 68
1965 – Fred Quimby, American film producer (Tom and Jerry cartoons), dies of a heart attack at 79
1990 – Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of heart attack at 71
1994 – Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal, dies at 71
1994 – Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84
2006 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Stanley Cup 1953, 56-58; Montreal Canadiens), dies at 81
2008 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown (I Heard It Through the Grapevine), dies at 68