1755 – Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, dies at 91
1831 – Nat Turner, slave rebel who led a violent insurrection in Virginia, hanged at 31
1895 – Julius Tausch, composer, dies at 68
1967 – Harry Seymour, composer/actor (Tenderfoot), dies of heart attack at 76
1995 – René Wellek, Czech-American writer (Concepts of Criticism), dies at 92
1996 – Helen Rosenthal, Teacher/health administrator, dies at 47
1998 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (b. 1913)
2004 – Dayton Allen, American comedian (Steve Allen Show, The Cotton Club), dies from a stroke at 85
2016 – Robert Vaughn, American actor (Napolean Solo in Man from UNCLE, I Spy), dies at 83
2017 – Francesco “Frank” Corsaro, American opera director (The Night of the Iguana, Play of the Week), dies at 92