1859 – David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73
1899 – Augustin Daly, American playwright and theatrical manager, dies at 60
1951 – Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair and Otto Schmidt, Nazi war criminals, hanged
1970 – E. M. Forster, English writer and novelist (Maurice, Passage to India), dies at 91
1995 – “Sheikh” Imam [Eissa], Egyptian folk and protest singer-songwriter, dies at 76
1996 – José María Valverde, Spanish philosopher, poet and translator (La espera, Historia de la literatura universal), dies at 70
1998 – Thomas Narcejac, French writer (Vertigo), dies at 89
2003 – Trevor Goddard, English actor (b. 1962)
2015 – Michael Oliver, British cardiologist (linked cholesterol with coronary artery disease), dies at 89
2020 – Michael Beavis, British RAF officer, deputy Commanding-in-Chief (Allied Forces Central Europe), dies at 90