1617 – Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
1850 – Louise of Orléans, Queen of Belgium (1832-50), Wife of Leopold I, dies of TB at 38
1891 – Irish nationalist Charles Stewart Parnell’s funeral held at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, attended by more than 200,000
1940 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist, dies at 80
1942 – Leonid Nikolayev, Russian-Soviet pianist and composer, dies at 64
1977 – Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66
1984 – K. M. Rangnekar, Indian cricketer (33 runs at 5 50 for India), dies at 67
1990 – Douglas Edwards, American newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI), dies of cancer at 73
1996 – Lars Ahlfors, Finnish mathematician (b. 1907)
2021 – Tony DeMarco, American boxer (NBA, NYSAC, The Ring welterweight titles 1955), dies at 89