1825 – Daniel D Tompkins, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), dies at 54
1828 – Dugald Stewart, Scottish philosopher and mathematician (Scottish common sense), dies at 74
1858 – Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (b. 1773)
1903 – King Alexander I and Queen Draga of Serbia are assassinated by a group of army officers as part of a coup
1956 – Ralph Morgan [Wupperman], American actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73
1970 – Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies
1994 – Kitty Rosalind Muggeridge, author, dies at 90
2001 – Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (b. 1923)
2013 – Robert Fogel, American economic historian and Nobel Laureate, dies at 86
2015 – Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer (Nashville on the Road), dies at 81