1684 – Pietro Andrea Ziani, Italian composer and organist, dies at 67
1834 – Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist and philosopher, dies at 65
1907 – Muriel Robb, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1902), dies of lymphadenoma at 28
1954 – Dziga Vertov [Denis Kaufman], Russian influential film director (Man with a Movie Camera, 3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58
1971 – George Shelton, American actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86
1976 – Sal Mineo, American actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), stabbed at 37
1984 – Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (Blow-Up, Underground Game), dies at 69
2011 – Elizabeth “Betty” Garrett, American actress, comedian, singer and dancer (All in the Family), dies of an aortic aneurysm at 91
2015 – David Carr, American journalist (New York Times), dies of cancer at 58
2016 – Johnny Lattner, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1953, Notre Dame; Pro Bowl 1954, Pittsburgh Steelers), dies from mesothelioma at 83