254 – St Lucius I, Pope and Bishop of Rome (253-54), dies
1907 – Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
1952 – Vladimir Scherbachov, Russian composer and professor (Blokovskaya, Thunderstorm), dies at 63
1953 – Joseph Stalin, dictator and leader of the Soviet Union (1922-53), dies of a stroke at 73
1963 – Cyril Smith, Scottish actor (The Adventures of Sir Lancelot), dies from a heart attack at 70
1967 – Georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and 19th Governor General of Canada, dies at 78
1995 – Lord Benson [Henry Alexander], British accountant (Coopers and Lybrand), dies at 85
2008 – Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American professor of computer science (b.1923)
2014 – Geoff Edwards, American game show host, dies from pneumonia at 83
2018 – Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio, dies of Crohn’s disease at 80