1906 – William “Buck” Ewing, American Baseball HOF catcher (NL home run leader 1883 NY Giants; Cincinnati Reds) and manager (NY Giants, Cincinnati Reds), dies of diabetes at 67
1913 – Daniel David Palmer, Canadian founder of chiropractic (1897 Palmer School of Chiropractic), dies of typhoid fever at 68
1913 – Leander Schlegel, Dutch composer, dies at 69
1929 – José Batlle y Ordóñez, President of Uruguay (1899, 1903-7, 1911-15), dies at 73
1955 – Eino Roiha, Finnish composer, dies at 51
1983 – Peter Dudley, British character actor (Coronation Street, 1979-83 – “Bert”), dies after multiple heart attacks and stokes at 48
1994 – Francis Steegmuller, American biographer (Cocteau), dies at 88
1999 – Calvin Griffith, Canadian baseball team owner (Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins 1955-84), dies at 87
2011 – Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and translator (b. 1928)
2014 – Lili Carati, Miss Italy 1975 and actress (Alcove), dies at 58