2013 Event As part of a strategy to focus on growth products, thrombosis drug brands manufactured by the GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical company is sold to Aspen Pharmacare for $1.13 billion 1985 Death Gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86 1973 Death Sessue Hayakawa, actor (Tokyo Joe), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 83