1846 – Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800)
1872 – Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82
1969 – Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies
1979 – Ray Whitley, composer, dies
1984 – Mikhail Sholokhov, Soviet writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965), dies at 78
1986 – Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (b. 1895)
2001 – Ronnie Hilton, British radio presenter and singer (Moonraker), dies at 75
2004 – Guido Molinari, Canadian painter, dies at 70
2008 – Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
2012 – Pierre Juneau, Canadian film and broadcast executive, dies at 89