1906 – Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic, dies at 57
1940 – Samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai
1944 – Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated
1951 – Max Ettinger, Jewish-German composer (Jiddische Requiem), dies at 77
1972 – Hezekiah M. Washburn, American Presbyterian Congo missionary, dies at 88
1992 – Allen Newell, American computer scientist (Logic Theory Machine, General Problem Solver, Turing Award), dies at 65
2007 – A. K. Faezul Huq, Lawyer, politician, and freelance journalist (b. 1945)
2007 – Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1944)
2010 – Andy Hummell, American rock bassist (Big Star, 1971-73), dies of cancer at 59
2015 – Sybren Polet [Sijbe Minnema], Dutch writer and poet (Mannekino), dies at 91