1944 – George A Hartland, British politician (MP, Norwich, 1931-35), dies at 60
1968 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist (Nobel 1938), dies at 76
1970 – Lucien d’Azambuja, French astronomer (studied the solar chromosphere), dies at 86
1990 – Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Astérix, Tintin), dies at 79
1990 – Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (b. 1897)
1991 – André Cools, Belgian Minister of Budget, murdered at 63
1994 – Gottfried Reinhardt [Goldmann], German/American director, dies at 83
2002 – Louis Laberge, Quebec labour union leader, dies at 78
2020 – [James] Keith Sonnier, American performance artist and sculptor (Palm Saw Tooth Blatt; Ba-O-Ba), dies at 78
2024 – Lou Dobbs, American broadcast journalist and conservative political pundit (CNN, 1980-99 and 2001-09; Fox Business, 2011-21), dies at 78