1735 – Yongzheng, 4th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1722-35), dies at 56
1945 – Felix Salten [Siegmund Salzmann], Austrian author (Bambi, a Life in the Woods), dies at 76
1967 – Vernon Watkins, Welsh poet (Ballad of Mari Lwyd), dies at 61
1970 – Lucien Goldmann, Romanian-French sociologist and philosopher, dies at 57
1970 – Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75
1971 – Christopher Dark [Alfred Francis DeLeo], American actor, (World Without End, The Time Tunnel), dies of a heart attack at 51
1984 – Frederick Brisson, Danish-born film and theater producer, dies at 71 after a stroke
1991 – Natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75
1996 – Susan Gautier-Smith, British TV producer, dies of heart failure at 33
2008 – Bob Friend (newscaster), British newscaster (b. 1938)