1930 – Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies
1937 – Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (b. 1862)
1950 – Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, dies at 66
1979 – Eileen Shanahan, Irish Poet (b. 1901)
1986 – Greg Jarvis – Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1944)
1993 – John Steadman, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 83
1993 – Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96
1994 – Hal Smith, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show-Otis Campbell), dies at 77
1994 – Hermanus P “Piet” Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79
1996 – Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman), dies at 81