1612 – Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (b. 1566)
1900 – Seth Barton, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 70
1958 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter, dies at 82
1974 – Charles Curtis “Curt” Conway, American actor (Raw Deal, The Twilight Zone), dies of a heart attack at 60
1976 – Liam Dunn, American actor, dies at 59
1981 – Marie Ney, dies at 85
1984 – Fred Robinson, American jazz trombonist (Louis Armstong’s Hot Five; Fats Waller; Cab Calloway), dies at 83
1985 – Enver Hoxha, Albanian post-war communist leader and dictator of Albania (1944-85), dies at 76
1990 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904)
2012 – Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian politician, first president of Algeria (1963-65), dies at 93