1916 – Ephraim Shay, American inventor of Shay type of geared steam locomotive, dies at 76
1923 – Thomas Payne Westendorf, American songwriter (“I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen”), dies at 75
1943 – Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1992 – Deacon Lunchbox [Timothy Tyson Ruttenber], American poet and performance artist, dies in car crash with a drunk driver at 41
1993 – George Mickelson, American politician (Governor of South Dakota 1987-93), dies in a plane crash at 52
1997 – El Duce [Eldon Wayne Hoke], American singer and drummer (The Mentors), dies from a “misadventure” on a train-track at 39
2005 – George Pan Cosmatos, Greek film director (b. 1941)
2010 – Carl Williams, Australian criminal (b. 1970)
2016 – Walter Kohn, Austrian-born American scientist (Nobel Prize Chemistry 1998), dies at 93
2018 – Graciela Agudelo, Mexican pianist and avant garde composer (Celebration of Wine), dies at 72