| 2008 | Bettie Page, dies in Los Angeles, California, at 85 |
| 2004 | Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete |
| 1999 | Ed Jones, Representative-D-Tennessee 1969 - 1989 |
| 1997 | Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73 |
| 1996 | Herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93 |
| 1996 | Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier, dies at 95 |
| 1996 | W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot, dies at 82 |
| 1996 | William George Rushton, actor (TW3)/author/cartoonist, dies at 59 |
| 1995 | Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82 |
| 1995 | John Heawood, actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75 |
| 1995 | Robert Shelton (Shapiro), journalist, dies at 69 |
| 1994 | Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102 |
| 1994 | Yao Yilin, Vice Prime Minister of China 1979, dies |
| 1993 | Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45 |
| 1993 | Eliva "Elvire" Popesco, Romanian/French actress (Le roi), dies at 99 |
| 1992 | Michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62 |
| 1992 | Vilma Banky, silent film actress (Eagle, Rebel), dies at about 90 |
| 1991 | Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer and Professor (Swedish Academy), dies |
| 1991 | Daniel Simon Scott, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 71 |
| 1991 | Headman Tshabala, musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at 44 |
| 1991 | Robert Q Lewis, U.S. comic/TV panel member (RQL Show), dies at 70 |
| 1990 | Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92 |
| 1986 | Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30 |
| 1984 | George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 |
| 1979 | Claire Carleton, New York City, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 |
| 1974 | Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 |
| 1972 | Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Zolushka), dies at 66 |
| 1968 | Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 |
| 1968 | Bob Bartlett, American Politician |
| 1967 | Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in New York City |
| 1967 | Richard Stohr, composer, dies at 93 |
| 1967 | Victor De Sabata, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1964 | Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 76 |
| 1964 | Sam Cooke, rock vocalist, shot to death at 29 |
| 1955 | Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51 |
| 1955 | Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3 Monument), dies at 79 |
| 1933 | Emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87 |
| 1930 | Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 |
| 1918 | Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 |
| 1911 | Thomas Ball, U.S. sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92 |
| 1903 | Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies |
| 1902 | Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68 |
| 1899 | Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle |
| 1899 | Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle |
| 1891 | Johan C J van Schagen, Dutch poet and writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies |
| 1857 | Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1847 | Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 |
| 1831 | John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55 |
| 1817 | Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 |
| 1756 | Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies |
| 1748 | Ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55 |
| 1718 | Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead |
| 1686 | Louis II Conde, duke of Bourbon, dies at 65 |
| 1610 | Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32 |
| 1610 | Forges Dimitri 2, czar of Russia, murdered |
| 1595 | Philip III van Croij, prince of Chimay/general, dies at 69 |
| 1582 | Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, marquis of Soria, dies at about 75 |
| 1573 | Alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged |
| 1524 | Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake |
| 1282 | Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies |
| 1282 | Michael VIII, Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1259-82), dies |
| 711 | Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 |
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