| 2008 | Jo Stafford, dies in California, of congestive heart failure, at 90 |
| 2003 | Celia Cruz, singer/actress, dies at 77 |
| 2003 | Carol Shields, Canadian Author |
| 1999 | John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher and philanthropist, 'George' magazine, dies at 38 |
| 1996 | John Panozzo, drummer, dies at 48 |
| 1995 | Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/U.S. conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83 |
| 1995 | Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83 |
| 1995 | Juan Manuel Fangio, racing Driver, dies at 84 |
| 1995 | Max Factor, Jr., makeup inventor, dies |
| 1995 | Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65 |
| 1995 | Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91 |
| 1995 | Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83 |
| 1995 | Stephen Harold Spender, writer, dies at 86 |
| 1995 | Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher, dies at 91 |
| 1994 | M Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78 |
| 1994 | Madzy Rollin Couquerque, tennis star/international hockey, dies at 91 |
| 1992 | "Gorgeous" George, Arena, wrestler, dies at 84 |
| 1992 | Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 51 |
| 1991 | Cornelis Z. Forster, Suriname granman/gaanman, dies |
| 1991 | Dwight Weist, Radio actor/film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81 |
| 1991 | Frank Rizzo, Mayor-D-Philadelphia, 1972 - 1980, dies of a heart attack at 70 |
| 1991 | Robert Motherwell, U.S. painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76 |
| 1989 | Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81 |
| 1985 | Heinrich Boll, German writer (Nobel 1972), dies at 67 |
| 1985 | Wayne King, orchestra leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84 |
| 1984 | Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73 |
| 1982 | Leendert Braat, sculptor/writer (White World), dies |
| 1982 | Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine and Co), shoots self at 35 |
| 1981 | Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38 |
| 1979 | James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93 |
| 1973 | Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (Fries dorpsleven), dies at 91 |
| 1972 | Giorgio Nataletti, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1971 | H T Tsiang, dies at 65 |
| 1962 | Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies |
| 1961 | [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Professor), dies at 88 |
| 1960 | Albrecht von Kesselring, German Field Marshal (Italy), dies at 74 |
| 1960 | John Phillips Marquand, novelist, dies at 66 |
| 1955 | Jean de Merode, Marie-Louise Courtenay, Belgian princess, dies at 81 |
| 1953 | Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82 |
| 1953 | Hilaire Belloc, English Poet |
| 1944 | John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed |
| 1939 | Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies |
| 1923 | Louis M A Couperus, poet and writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60 |
| 1917 | Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Germany composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 |
| 1916 | Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russian bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies |
| 1916 | Ludwig P Scharwenka, German composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 |
| 1916 | Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, physician, dies |
| 1915 | Ellen G. White, American Writer |
| 1915 | Ellen White, American Writer |
| 1897 | Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies |
| 1896 | Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 |
| 1896 | William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies |
| 1890 | Gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies |
| 1889 | Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 |
| 1887 | Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 |
| 1886 | Ned Buntline, Edward Zane Carroll Judson, author, dies |
| 1868 | Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 |
| 1864 | Victor JB Girardey, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 27 |
| 1857 | Pierr-Jean Beranger, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858, dies |
| 1843 | Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, politician, dies at 68 |
| 1827 | Josiah Spode, potter, dies |
| 1782 | Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61 |
| 1764 | Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23 |
| 1762 | Jacques Hotteterre, composer, dies at 87 |
| 1747 | Giuseppe Maria Crespi, painter/etcher, dies |
| 1736 | Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies |
| 1730 | Elijiah Fenton, poet, dies |
| 1729 | Johann David Heinichen, composer, dies at 46 |
| 1698 | Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1691 | Francois-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois, statesman, dies |
| 1686 | John Pearson, British Theologian |
| 1664 | Andreas Gryphius, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius', dies at age 47 |
| 1647 | Massaniello, Tommaso Aniello, Napolitan rebel, murdered |
| 1590 | Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, Fernandez, pontiff of Portugal, dies |
| 1557 | Anne of Cleeves, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII, dies at 41 |
| 1482 | John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies |
| 1216 | Innocent III, Lotario di Segni, Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies |
| 1139 | Walram II, duke of Limburg/Netherlands-Lutherans, dies |
| 1099 | El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, Span general strategist, dies at 59 |
| 599 | Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St. Servaaskerk), dies |
| 276 | Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered |
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