1865 – Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
1934 – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen consort of William and Regent of the Netherlands, dies at 76
1962 – A. E. Douglass, American astronomer and inventor of dendrochronology (tree-ring dating), dies at 94
1972 – Jan Engelman, Dutch poet and art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
1989 – Alan Gifford [John Lennox], American actor (Time Lock, 2001: A Space Odyssey), dies at 78
1992 – Georges Delerue, French film composer (Sword of Gideon, A Little Romance), dies of a heart attack at 67
1995 – Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32
2001 – Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1949)
2013 – Risë Stevens {Steenberg], American mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1938-61 – “Carmen”), vocal coach, and arts administrator, dies at 99
2015 – Robert Kastenmeier, American politician (Rep-D-WI, 1959-91), dies at 91