1894 – Erastus Flaval Beadle, American publisher (Beadle’s Dime Novels), dies at 73
1937 – Sandford Schultz, English cricket all-rounder (1 Test, 1 wicket, 20 runs; Cambridge University, Lancashire CCC), dies at 80
1980 – Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76
1991 – George Abecassis, English Formula 1 driver (b. 1913)
2002 – Wayne Owens, former U.S. Congressman (D-Utah) (b. 1937)
2006 – Daniel Pinkham, American organist, composer (Signs of the Zodiac) and educator (New England Conservatory), dies at 83
2008 – Jack Douglas, English actor (Carry On films), dies at 81
2011 – Václav Havel, Czech politician (President of Czechoslovakia, 1990-2, Czech Republic, 1993-2003), dies at 75
2016 – China Machado, Chinese-born model, 1st non-Caucasian super model, dies at 86
2017 – Jonghyun [Kim Jong-hyun], South Korean singer-songwriter, radio host, and author (SHINee), commits suicide at 27