1652 – Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies
1890 – Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 74
1917 – Florence La Badie, American silent film actress, dies of injuries from automobile accident at 29
1938 – E. C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye), dies at 43
1948 – Samuel S. Hinds, American actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73
1966 – Clifton Webb [Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck], American actor (Razor’s Edge, Laura), dies of a heart attack at 76
1970 – Julia Culp, Dutch mezzo-soprano, dies at 90
1979 – Rebecca Clarke, British-American violist and classical composer (Morpheus), dies at 93
2009 – Daniel Melnick, American television and film producer (Get Smart; Ages of Man; Roxanne), and studio executive, dies at 77
2011 – Barbara Kent, Canadian born – U.S. silent film actress and WAMPAS Baby Stars (b.1907)