1824 – Joan Melchior Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book), dies at 48
1901 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
1939 – Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies
1941 – Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)
1951 – Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan’s King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem
1966 – Julien Carette, French actor (Sylvia and the Phantom), dies of burns at 68
1973 – Bruce Lee [Lee Yuen Kam], Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32
2001 – Werner Haentjes, German conductor and composer of operas and film scores, dies at 77
2007 – Bill Flemming, American journalist and sportscaster (ABC’s Wide World of Sports), dies at 80
2015 – Elio Fiorucci, Italian fashion designer, dies at 80