founded Kenyon College (b. 1775) 1855 – José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797) 1863 – Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785) 1884 – Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802) 1898 – Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819) 1901–present 1906 – Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834) 1908 – Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844) 1927 – George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864) 1930 – Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873) 1932 – Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870) 1933 – Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847) 1939 – Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855) 1945 – Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869) 1945 – William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884) 1945 – Eduard Wirths, German physician (b. 1909) 1947 – Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882) 1947 – Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871) 1957 – Heino Kaski, Finnish pianist and composer (b. 1885) 1957 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (b. 1865) 1970 – Alexandros Othonaios, Greek general and politician, 126h Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1879) 1971 – Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900) 1971 – James Westerfield, American actor (b. 1913) 1972 – Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian and author (b. 1903) 1973 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943) 1975 – Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) 1979 – Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895) 1984 – Steve Goodman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948) 1987 – Michael Stewart, American playwright and composer (b. 1924) 1993 – Erich Hartmann, German soldier and pilot (b. 1922) 1994 – Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1924) 1994 – Jule Styne, American composer (b. 1905) 1996 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1913) 1996 – Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice-President of Zambia (b. 1929) 1996 – Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1912) 1999 – Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman (b. 1905) 2000 – Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935) 2002 – Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor, director, and