1698 – Balthasar Bekker, Dutch theologist (helped end persecution of witches), dies at 64
1859 – Klemens von Metternich, Austrian statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1809-48) and host of the Congress of Vienna (1814-15), dies at 86
1903 – King Alexander I of Serbia assassinated during a coup d’etat at 26
1956 – Ralph Morgan [Wupperman], American actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73
1970 – Frank Silvera, Jamaican-American actor (High Chaparral, Killer’s Kiss, Fear and Desire), accidentally electrocutes himself at 55
1991 – Vlastimil Fisar, Czech actor/pres (Intl Actors Federation), dies
1993 – Bernard Bresslaw, English comedian (Carry On team), dies of a heart attack at 59
1994 – Kitty Muggeridge, British author and translator, dies at 90
2001 – Timothy McVeigh, American Oklahoma City bomber and terrorist, executed for bombing Oklahoma City at 33
2003 – William Marshall, American stage and screen actor, director, and operatic singer (Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman; Blacula; Scream Blacula Scream), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 78