394 – Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle
1902 – Frederick Able, English chemist and inventor (cordiet), dies at 75
1952 – Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (Mimi, Rembrandt) and musical performer, dies of liver and abdominal cancer at 54
1959 – Kay Kendall [Justine McCarthy], British actress (Genevieve, The Constant Husband, Les Girls), dies of leukemia at 32
1965 – Konstantin G. Mostras, Russian composer, dies at 79
1985 – Eurreal “Little Brother” Montgomery, American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist, singer, and composer (“Crescent City Blues”), dies at 79
1985 – Jane Frazee [Mary Jane Frehse], American actress, singer, and dancer (Beautiful But Broke, Beulah), dies at 70 of pneumonia
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
2001 – Carl Crack, German musician (Atari Teenage Riot) (b. 1971)
2007 – Alex, African Grey parrot “student” of Dr. Irene Pepperberg (b. 1976)