1868 – Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies
1919 – Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76
1944 – Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Russian photographer and chemist, dies at 81
1975 – Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27
1985 – Lloyd Nolan American, actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place), dies of lung cancer at 83
1986 – Cliff Burton, American rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24
1991 – Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies
1997 – Walter Trampler, American violist (Beaux Arts Trio), dies at 82
2003 – Donald O’Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin’ in the Rain), dies at 78
2012 – R. B. Greaves, American singer, dies from prostate cancer at 68