1922 – Max Wagenknecht, German composer, dies at 64
1928 – Alexander Spendiaryan, Russian-Soviet composer, dies at 56
1929 – Albert Anselmi, American gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1941 – Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (b. 1854)
1970 – Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
1983 – Peter Edel, writer, dies
1986 – Gaston Defferre, French Socialist politician, dies at 75
1986 – Jeffrey Mylett, American actor and songwriter, dies at 36
2004 – Rudi Maugeri, Canadian singer (The Crew Cuts), dies at 73
2007 – Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader (b. 1935)