1768 – Caroline of Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV (1820-21), born in Brunswick, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1821)
1911 – Maureen O’Sullivan, Irish actress (Tarzan, Pride and Prejudice, Hannah and Her Sisters), born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland (d. 1998)
1912 – Sándor Végh, Hungarian-French violinist teacher and conductor, born in Kolozsvár, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (d. 1997)
1931 – Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (Heaven’s Gate), born in Spur, Texas (d. 1997)
1935 – Dennis Potter, British TV dramatist (The Singing Detective, Karaoke, Midnight Movie), born in Gloucestershire, England (d. 1994)
1937 – Hazel R. O’Leary, United States Secretary of Energy
1955 – Bill Paxton, American actor (True Lies; Twister; Big Love), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2017)
1963 – Jon Koncak, NBA center (Orlando Magic)
1965 – Richard Baumhammers, American spree killer
1976 – Rochelle Aytes, American actress (Mistresses), born in Harlem, New York City