1809 – Johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43
1922 – David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45
1935 – Lothar Windsperger, German composer and editor, dies at 49
1938 – Raden Soetomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, dies at 49
1944 – Jessie Ralph, American stage, silent and sound screen actress (The Good Earth; San Francisco: The Bank Dick), dies at 79
1946 – Louis Slotin, Canadian Physicist and Chemist (Manhattan Project, Los Alamos) who assembled the plutonium core for ‘Trinity’, the first detonated atomic device, dies of radiation poisoning at 35 (b. 1910)
1977 – Claire Goll, German-French writer, dies at 86
2006 – Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director, won 2 Palme d’Or awards for “The Ballad of Narayama” and “The Eel”, dies at 79
2008 – Boris Shakhlin, Russian gymnast (Olympic gold, 1956, 1960, 1964; World Champion, 1958; European Champion, 1955), dies at 76
2022 – David Holford, West Indian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 105no, 51 wickets, BB 5/23; Barbados), dies at 82