1864 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette), dies at 64
1917 – Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (b. 1887)
1927 – Walter Travis, Australian-American golfer, writer, course designer (US Amateur C’ship 1900-01, 03; British Amateur 1904), dies at 65
1964 – Jim Reeves, American country singer (“He’ll Have To Go”; “Distant Drums”), and actor (Kimberley Jim), dies in airplane crash at 39
1965 – James Rennie, Canadian actor (Lash, Little Damozel), dies at 75
1967 – Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist (Nobel 1938-work on carotenoids and vitamins), dies at 66
1986 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
1996 – Joan Warburton, Scottish painter, dies at 76
1998 – Barbara Giuranna, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 98
2020 – Alan Parker, English director (Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express), dies at 76