1820 – Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician and founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires, dies at 61
1846 – Cornelis Felix van Maanen, Dutch Minister of Justice (1807-42), dies at 76
1884 – Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt, dies of Bright’s disease at 22
1891 – Giulio Roberti, Italian composer, dies at 61
1894 – Eugène Charles Catalan, French-Belgian mathematician (worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics), dies at 79
1969 – Wolfe Barzell, Polish-born actor (Blue Angel), dies of a heart attack at 72
1980 – Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor
1990 – Graeme Hole, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests, 6 x 50; NSW CA), dies from cancer at 59
1995 – U Nu, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (1948-56, 1960-62), dies at 87
2011 – George Shearing, British-American blind jazz pianist (Lullaby of Birdland), dies at 91