1930 – Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet, dies
1961 – Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873)
1970 – Victor Otto Stomps, German writer and publisher, dies at 72
1980 – Woodrow Wilson “Red” Sovine, American country music singer, dies following a heart attack leading to a car crash at 62
1983 – Jacqueline Logan, American actress and silent film leading lady (WAMPAS Baby Star), dies at 78
1985 – Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and Welsh language writer, dies at 94
1991 – Max Frisch, Swiss writer and playwright (I’m Not Stiller, Firebugs), dies at 79
1992 – Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-American chess grandmaster (World C’ship 3rd 1948; 8 x US C’ship gold), dies of a heart attack at 80
2011 – Scott Columbus, American heavy metal drummer (Manowar, 1983–91 and 1994–2008), takes his own life at 54
2018 – Gertrude Jeannette, African American taxi driver, playwright and film and stage actress (Shaft, Cotton Comes to Harlem), dies at 103