1427 – John IV, Duke of Brabant, dies at 23
1937 – Yi Sang, Korean author and poet (Dying Words, Wings, Child’s Bone), dies of tuberculosis in a Japanese prison camp at 26
1954 – Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist and sociologist, dies at 53
1974 – Herbert Elwell, American composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75
1983 – Mark W Clark, US general (WWII), dies at 87
1988 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (featured at the 31st Venice Biennale), dies of brain tumor at 88
1990 – Ralph David Abernathy, US civil rights leader, dies
1992 – Arthur “Skeets” Herfurt, American jazz and session saxophonist and clarinetist (Dorsey Brothers; Benny Goodman; Lawrence Wlek), dies at 80
2009 – Martin Garrod, British Commandant General Royal Marines, dies at 73
2011 – Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)