1676 – Johann Georg Ebeling, German composer, dies at 39
1893 – Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian Major, dies in battle against the Ndebeles during First Matabele War
1959 – Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58
1976 – Ace Gutowsky, Russian/American football fullback (Portsmouth Spartans, Brooklyn Dodgers; NFL C’ship 1935, Detroit Lions), dies of cancer at 67
1988 – Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist, dies at 89
1991 – Alex Graham, Scottish cartoonist who created the comic strip “Fred Basset”, dies at 78
2000 – Colin Cowdrey, England cricket batsman (114 Tests, 7,624 runs @ 44.06), dies of a heart attack at 67
2005 – Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
2011 – Sócrates [Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Sousa Vieira de Oliveira], Brazilian soccer midfielder and manager (60 caps, 22 goals Brazil; Corinthians), dies of septic shock at 57
2015 – Rodney Milne [Blumer], British opera critic (Opera magazine, 1971-99), musicologist, and libretto translator, dies at 79