1907 – Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, French pianist and composer, dies at 64
1951 – Haj Ali Razmara, 33rd Prime Minister of Iran (1950-51), assassinated at 49
1981 – Kirill Kondrashin, Russian conductor (Bolshoi Theatre, 1943-56; Moscow Philharmonic, 1960-75; Concertgebouw, 1978-81), dies at 67
1983 – Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65
1995 – Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force general, commits suicide at 64
1996 – Aled Eames, Welsh maritime historian, dies at 74
1997 – Geraldine Clinton Little, Irish poet (A Little Bouquet), dies at 73
2004 – Paul Winfield, American actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack), dies at 64
2006 – Gordon Parks, American photographer, dies at 83
2017 – Hans Dehmelt, German-born American physicist (Nobel Prize 1989), dies at 94