1161 – Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
1709 – Spaar, Dutch General, dies in the Battle of Malplaquet
1888 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868-74) after whom Panamerican Teacher’s Day is chosen, dies at 77
1939 – Konstantin Korovin, leading Russian impressionist painter, dies at 77
1949 – Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (L’ete), dies at 75
1966 – Collett E. Woolman, American airline founder (Delta Air Service), dies at 76
1993 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (Boston Symphony, 1962-69), dies of cancer at 81
2001 – John P. O’Neill, American anti-terrorism expert and FBI agent, dies as Head of Security in the terror attack on the World Trade Center at 49
2003 – John Ritter, American actor and comedian (Three’s Company, It, 8 Simple Rules), dies of an aortic dissection at 54
2016 – Alexis Arquette, American transgender performer (Last Exit to Brooklyn), dies at 47