1857 – John Wilson Croker, politician
1861 – Nathaniel Lyon, American Brigadier-General (Union Army), 1st Union General to die in battle at 43
1886 – Eduard Grell, German composer, dies at 85
1918 – Erich Lowenhardt, Germany flying ace of World War I (b. 1897)
1932 – Rin Tin Tin, American Hollywood shepherd dog (Clash of the Wolves), dies at 13
1948 – Emmy Hennings-Ball [Emma Cordsen], German poet and performer dies at 63
1960 – Emil Strauss, German writer (Vaterland), dies
1960 – Frank Lloyd, Scottish actor and director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist, Blood on the Sun), dies at 74
1993 – Øystein Aarseth, Norwegian musician (Mayhem) (b. 1968)
2007 – Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American member of Tuskegee Airmen and civil rights activist (b. 1925)