1879 – Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856)
1915 – Francesco Fanciulli, American-Italian composer, dies at 62
1918 – Maria Nikolaevna Russian Grand Duchess, 3rd daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, executed at 19 by a group of Bolsheviks
1966 – August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi Suite), dies at 71
1967 – Cyril Ring, American actor (I Wake Up Screaming, The Barber Shop), dies at 74
1987 – Howard McGhee, American be-bop bebop jazz trumpeter, dies at 69
1993 – Scott Salmon, US choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51
1996 – Amancio D’Silva, Goan-Indian jazz guitarist and composer, dies after several stokes at 60
2005 – Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish actress (Pawnbroker, Easy Money), dies of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at 91
2012 – William Raspberry, American columnist (Pulitzer 1994), dies at 76