1944 – Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)
1949 – Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer, Democratic politician, and US Congress member (1918-21), dies at 77
1961 – James Thurber, American humorist, playwright, and cartoonist (Men, Women and Dogs; The Male Animal; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), dies of pneumonia after brain surgery at 66
1968 – Ernst Hess, Swiss composer, dies at 56
1996 – Toni Stone, American baseball second baseman (first woman to play in men’s Negro League), dies at 75
2000 – Robert Cormier, American author known for “The Chocolate War” and “I Am the Cheese”, dies at 75
2002 – Charles Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935)
2019 – Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologist and actor, dies at about 87
2020 – John Sessions, Scottish actor and comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway), dies of a heart attack at 67
2021 – Mohamed Soukhane, Algerian soccer defender (6 caps; Le Havre AC), dies at 90