1934 – Francisco Lacerda, composer, dies at 65
1942 – John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28
1945 – Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle
1945 – Simon B Buckner, US lt-gen/commandant of 10th Army, dies in action
1982 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker and director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself at 62
1987 – Bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87
2005 – Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
2008 – Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908)
2013 – Gene Freese, American MLB player, dies from complications of back surgery at 79
2017 – Lord Joffe [Joel Goodman Joffe], South African-born British lawyer (instructing solicitor for Nelson Mandela’s defence team) and businessman, dies at 85