1812 – Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at 35
1906 – Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (The New York Sun – “Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus”), dies at 67
1976 – Liam Dunn, American actor, dies at 59
1988 – Jean “Jeff” Donnell, American actress (Gidget Goes to Rome, Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies at 66 of a heart attack
1992 – Eve Merriam [Moskovitz], American writer and poet (Inner City Mother Goose), dies of liver cancer at 75
1996 – Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (attempting to become the youngest person to fly a light utility aircraft across the United States), crashed at 7
2001 – Kamal Ranadive, Indian cancer researcher (Indian Women Scientists’ Association; Indian Cancer Research Centre), dies at 83
2007 – Kurt Vonnegut, American author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan), dies from head trauma at 84
2011 – Billy Bang [William Walker], American free jazz violinist and composer, dies of lung cancer at 63
2013 – Angela Voigt, East German long jumper (Olympic gold 1976), dies at 61