826 – Theodore the Studite, Byzantine theologist/poet/saint, dies
1150 – Hartbert, bishop of Utrecht (1140-50), dies
1862 – James Madison Porter, American politician (b. 1793)
1871 – William Lonsdale, English geologist and paleontologist (fossil coral), dies at 77
1964 – H[enry] Beam Piper, American sci-fi author (4 Day Planet), dies at 60
1967 – (Robert Jordan) “Smoki” Whitfield, American actor (Bomba the Jungle Boy; Lord of the Jungle; Swamp Fox), dies of a heart attack at 49
1976 – Alexander Calder, American sculptor (mobiles), dies at 78
1999 – Vivian Fuchs, English geologist and explorer (led Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1st to cross Antarctica via South Pole), dies at 91
2013 – George Reinholt, American actor (Steve-Another World, One Life to Live), dies at 73
2020 – Carlos Campos, Chilean soccer striker (39 caps; Universidad de Chile 259 games), dies from respiratory failure at 83