1850 – J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85
1864 – Leo von Klenze, German neoclassical architect (Walhalla), dies at 59
1901 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (Rigoletto, La Traviata), dies at 77
1909 – Benoît-Constant Coquelin, French actor, dies at 68
1942 – Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1888)
1972 – Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60
1984 – Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72
1999 – Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish writer associated with the Generation of ’36 movement, dies at 88
2009 – R. [Ramaswamy] Venkataraman, Indian politician, eighth President of India, dies at 98
2021 – Mehrdad Minavand, Iranian soccer midfielder (67 caps; Persepolis, Sturm Graz), dies from COVID-19 at 45