1883 – Adrien Louis Boieldieu, French composer, dies at 67
1932 – Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies
1943 – Clifford Whittingham Beers, American mental hygiene pioneer, dies at 67
1960 – Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-28), dies
1969 – Pierre Cardevielle, French conductor, composer (Élégie de Duino), music critic (Monde musicale), and teacher, dies at 63
1985 – Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
1988 – Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60
1995 – James Cameron Tudor, politician, dies at 66
2004 – Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
2016 – Robert Nye, British novelist and poet (Falstaff), dies at 77