1837 – Giovanni Furno, Italian composer and famous music teacher in Naples, dies at 89
1933 – Clara Zetkin, German feminist, Socialist, and Communist leader, dies at 75
1964 – Edgar Barrier, American actor (Phantom of the Opera, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered), dies from a heart attack at 57
1978 – Mark Robson, Canadian-American film director (Peyton Place, Valley of the Dolls), dies of a heart attack at 64
1996 – Michel Lebrun [Cade], French crime novelist (Pleins Feux sur Sylvie), screenwriter, and literary critic, dies at 66
1996 – Joseph Green, Polish-American filmmaker, dies at 96
1996 – Walter Guevara Arze, provisional president of Bolivia (1979), dies
1999 – Clifton Fadiman, American editor, radio and TV host (Information, Please!; Quiz Kids), dies of pancreatic cancer at 95
2012 – Andrew Sarris, American movie critic (Village Voice), dies at 83
2018 – Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani satirical and humor writer, dies at 94