1911 – Milton Bradley, American business magnate and game manufacturer, dies at 74
1947 – Sidney Nicholson, English composer, dies at 72
1957 – Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstasy), dies
1994 – Jean Gattegno, French translator and scholar, dies at 58
1995 – Bobby Stokes, soccer star, dies at 44
1997 – West Arkeen, American musician, best known for co-writing several Guns N’ Roses songs (It’s So Easy, The Garden), dies of a drug overdose at 36
2003 – Mickie Most, English record producer (b. 1938)
2005 – Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer (b. 1958)
2005 – Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62), dies at 78
2016 – Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey center (Stanley Cup 1974, 75; Philadelphia Flyers; NHL All Star 1977, 78), dies of meningitis at 66