politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810) 1901–present 1917 – Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861) 1918 – David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885) 1918 – George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857) 1920 – Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841) 1922 – James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1855) 1928 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873) 1932 – Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875) 1938 – Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865) 1939 – Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879) 1943 – Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871) 1943 – Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859) 1947 – Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863) 1949 – John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872) 1950 – Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883) 1955 – Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885) 1956 – Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879) 1960 – Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874) 1965 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919) 1966 – Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919) 1968 – Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893) 1968 – Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936) 1972 – Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929) 1972 – Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905) 1981 – Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (b. 1935) 1981 – Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (b. 1899) 1982 – Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948) 1984 – Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924) 1985 – Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (b. 1888) 1986 – Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (b. 1912) 1990 – Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933) 1991 – Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general (b. 1913) 1992 – Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1903) 1992 – Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st Mayor of Athens (b. 1937) 1994 – Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952) 1994 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (b. 1923) 1994 – Golo Mann, German historian and author (b. 1909) 1994 – Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan