1703 – Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese retainer for the Shogun, murdered in the revenge of the 47 rōnin
1963 – Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (Concert champêtre; Les Biches), dies of a heart attack at 64
1967 – (Raymond) Lee Morgan, American actor (Dungeons of Harrow; The Last of the Fast Guns), dies of heart disease at 64
1982 – Stanley Holloway, English comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91
1982 – Riccardo Nielsen, Italian composer (99th Psalm; La via di Colombo), dies at 73
1991 – John McIntire, American actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian), dies of emphysema at 83
1995 – Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, zoologist and author (My Family and Other Animals), dies at 70
1998 – Richard Cassilly, American tenor, dies at 70
2001 – Joseph Ransohoff, American neurosurgeon and pioneer in the modern neurosurgery, dies at 85
2009 – Ingemar Johansson, Swedish heavyweight professional boxing champion of the world (b. 1932)