1898 – Louis Théodore Gouvy, French-German composer, dies at 78
1910 – Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American author (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), dies at 74
1981 – Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 and 1 in only Test for England), dies
1982 – Joe Sawyer [Sauers], Canadian actor (Adventures of Rin Tin Tin – “Sgt. Biff O’Hara”), dies of liver cancer at 75
1985 – Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer (monokini, miniskirt), dies of cancer at 62
1992 – Robert Harris, American criminal and murderer, executed in a gas chamber at 39 in San Quentin State Prison, California
2000 – Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires), dies at 70
2005 – Gerry Marshall, British auto racer (625 x overall and class saloon wins), dies from heart failure at 63
2013 – Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, dies at 107
2013 – Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer- songwriter (Divinyls – “I Touch Myself”), dies of breast cancer at 53