1705 – Jean Gilles, French composer, dies at 37
1907 – Ludwig Thuille, Austrian composer (sextet for piano and wind quintet), dies of a heart attack at 45
1946 – George Arliss, British actor (Devil, Green Goddess), dies at 77
1981 – Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter and actor (Zeskamp, Oebele), dies at 73
1985 – Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec politician (b. 1907)
1997 – Pamela Harriman, US Ambassador (to France), dies of stroke at 76
1997 – John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51
2003 – Helge Boes, American Central Intelligence Agency officer
2004 – John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
2014 – Richard Hayman, American orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 93