| 2004 | Rodney Dangerfield, comic, dies at 81 |
| 2003 | Neil Postman, American Educator |
| 2001 | Emilie Schindler, humanitarian, ", helped save 1,000 Jews during WWII, ", dies at 93 |
| 2001 | Mike Mansfield, born in New York City, New York, Senator-D-Montana 1953 - 1977, Representative-D-Montana 1943 - 1953, died at 98 |
| 1997 | Andrew Keir, actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt), dies at 71 |
| 1997 | Dave Marr, golfer/commentator, dies at 63 |
| 1996 | Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77 |
| 1996 | Seymour Cray, computer designer, dies in auto accident at 71 |
| 1995 | Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader, dies at 85 |
| 1995 | Fred Fehl, photographer, dies at 89 |
| 1995 | Peter Crichton Kirkpatrick, oarsman, dies at 79 |
| 1993 | Jane Nigh, actress (Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67 |
| 1993 | Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS-51-F), dies of heart failure at 66 |
| 1992 | Cornelis Berkhouwer, Dutch MP (VVD), dies |
| 1992 | Eddie Kendricks, singer (Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52 |
| 1992 | Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies |
| 1990 | Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58 |
| 1986 | Hall B Wallis, U.S. movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87 |
| 1984 | Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57 |
| 1981 | Jud Strunk, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48 |
| 1979 | Charlie Smith, oldest American (137 year), dies |
| 1976 | Barbara Nichols, actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at 46 |
| 1969 | Walter Hagen, U.S. golfer (won 5x PGA-tournament), dies at 76 |
| 1969 | Harry Emerson Fosdick, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible', died in Bronxville, New York |
| 1967 | Clifton C Williams, Jr., astronaut, dies at 35, in T-38 jet crash |
| 1965 | Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1956 | Joseph Erlanger, U.S. doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies |
| 1954 | Flor Alpaerts, Flem composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel/Pallieter), dies at 78 |
| 1953 | Friedrich Wolf, writer, dies at 64 |
| 1944 | Joseph B "Aristide" Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies |
| 1941 | Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84 |
| 1941 | Justice Brandeis, American Lawyer |
| 1940 | Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40 |
| 1936 | Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman's Grave), dies at 38 |
| 1934 | Jean Vigo, French filmer, dies |
| 1933 | Nikolaj N Joedenitsj, Russian general/contra revolutionary, dies at 71 |
| 1933 | Renee Adoree, actress (Big Parade), dies at 35 |
| 1931 | Dwight Morrow, American Businessman |
| 1924 | Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1919 | Jean Louis Nicode, composer, dies at 66 |
| 1918 | Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies |
| 1918 | Robert Baldwin Ross, French Celebrity |
| 1915 | Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer, dies at 28 |
| 1915 | Otto Valdemar Malling, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1911 | Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1899 | Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1892 | Bill Powers, U.S. member of Daltonbende, dies |
| 1892 | Bob Dalton, U.S. leader of Daltonbende, dies |
| 1892 | Dick Broadwell, U.S. member of Daltonbende, dies |
| 1892 | Grat Dalton, U.S. member of Daltonbende, dies |
| 1880 | Jacques Offenbach, German/French composer (La belle Helene), dies at 61 |
| 1867 | Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1837 | Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 54 |
| 1813 | Etienne Ozi, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1813 | Tecumseh, U.S. Shawnee-chief/English General (Battle of Thames), dies |
| 1799 | Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (O Hissope), dies at 68 |
| 1787 | Thomas Stone, U.S. attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44 |
| 1763 | August III, king of Poland, dies at 66 |
| 1707 | Daniel Speer, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1631 | Arabella Holles, wife of English politician Thomas Wentworth, dies |
| 1557 | Il Bacchiacca, Franceso Ubertini, Italian painter, dies at 63 |
| 1496 | Ferdinand II, king of Naples, dies |
| 1399 | Raymundus of Capua, Italian general, dies |
| 1285 | Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85), dies |
| 1111 | Robrecht II of Jerusalem, Count of Flanders (1st Crusader), dies |
| 1056 | Henry III, RC German King (1039-56), dies |
| 578 | Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78), dies |
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