1744 – John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678)
1900 – Collis P. Huntington, American business tycoon and railroad executive (Central Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad), dies at 78
1953 – Dmitri Arakishvili, Soviet and Georgian composer, dies at 80
1971 – W. O. Bentley, English engineer and motoring pioneer who founded Bentley Motors Limited, dies at 82
1974 – (Harold) “Tina” Brooks, American hard-bop jazz saxophonist, and composer (“True Blue”), dies of liver failure at 42
1974 – Hugo Yarnold, English cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies at 57
2000 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist known as “Queen of Pop” in South Asia, dies of lung cancer at 35
2007 – Phil Rizzuto, American Baseball HOF shortstop (5 x MLB All-Star; 7 x World Series; AL MVP 1950; NY Yankees) and broadcaster (WCBS radio, WPIX-TV), dies at 89
2010 – Edwin Newman, American broadcast journalist (b. 1919)
2019 – Kip Addotta, American stand-up comic, dies at 75