1272 – Stephen V, King of Hungary and Croatia (1270-72), son of Béla IV, dies at 32 or 33
1931 – (Leon Bismarck) “Bix” Beiderbecke, American jazz cornetist – one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, pianist, and composer (In A Mist), dies of alcoholism exacerbated pneumonia at 28
1946 – Tony Lazzeri, American Baseball HOF second baseman (World Series x 5; only player to complete natural cycle with grand slam; NY Yankees), dies from a fall caused by a heart attack at 42
1973 – Fulgencio Batista, Dictator and President of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59), dies of a heart attack at 72
1974 – Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (“The Happy Blues”), dies of bone cancer at 49
1987 – Sherwood Bailey, actor (Spud-Our Gang), dies
2001 – Larry Adler, American pop and classical harmonica player, and composer, dies of cancer at 87
2007 – Teizo Matsumura, Japanese composer (“Chinmoku / Silence”; “Hymn to Aurora”) and haiku poet, dies at 78
2009 – Willibrordus S. Rendra, Indonesian poet (Ballad orang-orang tertjina), dies at 73
2019 – Maurice Simon, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 90