1128 – Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies
1789 – Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary War patriot (lead the Green Mountain Boys), dies of an apoplectic fit at 51
1834 – Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist and philosopher, dies at 65
1942 – Grant Wood, American painter (American Gothic), dies at 50
1947 – Sidney Toler, American actor, director and playwright (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight), dies at 72
1984 – Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (Blow-Up, Underground Game), dies at 69
1996 – Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (b. 1931)
1997 – Nora Beloff, journalist, dies at 78
2004 – Robert A. Bruce, American cardiologist and pioneer (exercise cardiology), dies at 87
2012 – Zina Bethune, American actress, dies from hit and run at 66