1862 – William H Keim, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 48
1911 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (Children’s Death Songs), dies of heart disease at 50
1922 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845)
1969 – Ludwig Berger, German film director and cinematographer (The Thief of Bagdad), dies at 77
1973 – Jeannette Rankin, American politician, 1st woman elected to US Congress (R-Montana), women’s rights advocate and pacifist, dies at 92
1991 – Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86
1996 – Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44
1999 – Augustus Pablo, Jamaican musician (King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown), dies at 44
2004 – Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b. 1927)
2017 – Roger Ailes, American TV executive and CEO of Fox News (1996-2016), dies at 77