1857 – Félix de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War and Finance, dies at 65
1918 – Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, Russian composer, dies at 68
1957 – Rudolph Reti, Serbian composer, dies at 71
1969 – Bainbridge Crist, American composer, dies at 85
1979 – Josef Mengele ‘the Angel of Death’, German Nazi officer and concentration camp doctor, drowns of the coast of Brazil at 67
1990 – Nathan Wartels, American publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia
1991 – John Steinbeck IV, American author and journalist
1999 – Hussein ibn Talal, King of Jordan (1952-99), dies of cancer at 63
2005 – Bob Turner, Canadian Hockey HOF defenseman (Stanley Cup 1956, 57, 58, 59, 60 Montreal Canadiens; 6 x NHL All Star), dies at 71
2019 – Albert Finney, English actor (The Dresser, Under the Volcano), dies at 82