1727 – George I, King of England (1714-27), dies of a stroke at 67
1908 – Georg Adler, Polish state economist, dies at 45
1949 – Oton Zupanic, Slavs poet (Zimzelen pod snegom), dies at 71
1970 – Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter, dies at 87
1970 – Earl Grant, American musician and singer (b. 1931)
1974 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (b. 1883)
1994 – Kitty Muggeridge, British author and translator, dies at 90
1994 – Herbert Anderson, American character actor (Dennis The Menace, Battleground), dies of a stroke at 77
1995 – Luigi Innocenti, designer, dies at 71
1997 – Thalassa Cruso, English-American gardening expert (The Mike Douglas Show, The Tonight Show), dies of Alzheimer’s at 88