972 – John XIII Crescentii, pope (965-72), dies
1649 – Famiano Strada, Italian jesuit (bello belgico decades duae), dies at 77
1937 – Henry Kimball Hadley, composer, dies at 65
1951 – James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat, dies at 84
1984 – E J Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock-Dallas), dies at 74
1988 – Leroy Brown, professional wrestler (b. 1950)
1995 – Buster Mathis, American heavyweight boxer, dies at 52
1997 – P. H. Newby, British author and BBC radio director (b. 1918)
1998 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director and screenwriter who was posthumously named “Asian of the Century” in the “Arts, Literature, and Culture” category (Rashomon, Drunken Angel, Seven Samurai, Ran), dies of a stroke at 88
1999 – René Lecavalier, French Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)