1807 – Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71
1867 – Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74
1928 – Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair
1938 – Gösta Ekman (senior), Swedish actor (b. 1890)
1950 – Koos van de Griend, Dutch composer, dies at 44
1962 – Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42
1980 – Hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies
1995 – George Price, cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at 93
2007 – Sir James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925)
2018 – Danny Woods, American musician (CEO of the Board), dies at 75