1853 – Charles Napier, British soldier and Major General of the Bombay Army who conquered Sindh and became its Governor (1843-47), dies at 71
1861 – Franz Joseph Glæser, Czech-Danish composer, dies at 63
1877 – Brigham Young, 2nd president of Latter-day Saints, dies of peritonitis at 76
1960 – Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (Grand Hotel), dies at 72
1968 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier and planner, dies at 87
1976 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher, dies at 77
1994 – Phillip Gilmore, American actor (Malcolm X), dies at 38
2003 – Michel Constantin, French film actor, dies at 79
2019 – Randy Romero, American jockey (Breeder’s Cup 1987-89; Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame 2010), dies from kidney and liver cancer at 61
2021 – Ron Bushy, American rock drummer (Iron Butterfly – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”), dies of esophageal cancer at 79