1520 - Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)
1838 - Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62
1947 - Hans Fallada, German writer (Little Man, What Now?), dies at 53
1956 - Savielly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74
1982 - Wies Moens, Belgian writer and historian, dies at 84
1992 - Donald Zimmerman, editor, dies
1996 - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 86
1997 - Pamela Harriman, US Ambassador (to France), dies of stroke at 76
2011 - Brian Jacques, English author, author of the Redwall series (b. 1939)
2020 - Buddy Cage, American pedal steel guitarist (New Riders of the Purple Sage, Great Speckled Bird), dies from multiple myeloma at 73
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