1917 Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), dies when shot down as WWI fighter pilot at 29
1925 Pancho Villa [Francisco Guilledo], Filipino world boxing champion, dies at 23
1930 William Hare Ashley, South African cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies at 68
1938 Robert Poore, British cricket batsman (3 Tests for South Africa in 1895-96 series), dies at 72
1940 Bill Howell, Australian cricket medium pace bowler (18 Tests, 49 wickets, BB 5/81; NSWCA), dies at 70
1949 Frank Hearne, English cricket batsman (2 Tests England, 4 South Africa; Kent, Western Province), dies at 90
1951 Sammy Jones, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests; NSW, Queensland, Auckland), dies at 89
1983 Jack MacBryan, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Cambridge University CC, Somerset CCC) and field hockey player (Olympic gold GB & Ireland 1920), dies at 90
1984 Al Schacht [Clown prince of baseball], American baseball player, dies at 91
1988 Whitey Witt, American baseball player (NY Yankees, 1922-25), dies at 92
1996 Jeff Krosnoff, American CART driver, killed in a racing accident at 31
2007 John Ferguson Sr, Canadian hockey player, dies at 68
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