1903 – W H M “Dicky” Richards, cricketer (score 4 and 0 in Test for S Af), dies
1924 – Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist, composer (b. 1852)
1926 – Margherita of Savoy, Queen consort of the Kingdom of Italy by marriage to Umberto I (1878-1900), dies at 74
1933 – Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch evangelist (Vredebond), dies at 87
1944 – Henri “Hans” Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder
1974 – Karel Janeček, Czech composer, dies at 70
1991 – Poon Lim, Chinese sailor who survived 133 days adrift at sea, dies at 72
1992 – Earl Colbert, entertainer, dies
2007 – Marais Viljoen, former State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
2015 – Barbara Tizard, British educator and author, dies at 88