1747 – John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674)
1791 – C F D Schubart, writer, dies
1885 – John McCloskey, 1st American cardinal and Archbishop of New York, dies at 75
1914 – Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73
1964 – Bedřich Havlík, Czech composer, dies at 71
1978 – Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete, politician (Rep-D-Ill; joint world record 100m, Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1936), dies of a heart attack at 68
1993 – Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46
1994 – Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist, dies at 74
2000 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1960-65, 1970-77 and 1994-2000) and 1st female head of state, dies of a heart attack at 84
2004 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (Season of the Jew), dies at 72