1936 – Pedro Muñoz Seca, Spanish comic playwright (Don Mendo’s Vengence), executed by the Spanish Republican army at 55
1959 – Maxwell Anderson, American dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies of a stroke at 70
1961 – Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer and music publisher, dies at 64
1966 – Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet
1985 – David Byron [Garrick], British vocalist and songwriter (Uriah Heep), dies of alcohol-related complications at 38
1999 – Christine Glanville, British Puppeteer (. 1924)
2004 – Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier (b. 1982)
2004 – Gene Allison, American RandB singer (“You Can Make It If You Try”), dies at 69
2007 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson), dies at 89
2016 – Frank Kelly, Irish stage and screen actor (Father Ted), dies at 77