930 – Daigo, 60th Emperor of Japan (897-930), dies at 45
1774 – Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist, dies at 59
1935 – Otto “Aba Daba” Berman, American gangster, murdered
1975 – Barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43
1984 – Oskar Werner, Austrian film actor and director (Farenehit 451), dies of a heart attack at 61
1994 – Robert Lansing, American actor (12 O’Clock High, Equalizer, A Man for All Seasons, Chariots of Fire), dies of cancer at 66
1996 – Ronald Alfred Gardyne “Rags” Butler, sailor, dies at 68
2002 – Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (It’s Always Fair Weather), dies at 87
2005 – Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian first lady (b. 1945)
2016 – Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1972-95), dies at 84