1345 – Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27
1800 – William Billings, American hymn composer (Rose of Sharon), dies at 53
1945 – Béla Bartok, Hungarian pianist, composer (Concerto for Orchestra), and ethno-musicologist, dies of leukemia at 64
1953 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter, dies at 58
1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1890), dies at 86
1958 – Carl Brisson, Danish actor (Ship Cafe, Ring, Song of Soho, Murder at the Vanities), dies of jaundice at 64
1960 – William Ling, cricketer (South African batsman in 6 Tests 1921-23), dies
1972 – Charles J Correll, American actor (Calvin and the Colonel), dies at 82
1998 – Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)
2012 – Johnny Lewis, American actor, dies from injuries from a fall at 28