1824 – Agustín de Betancourt, Spanish civil engineer (steam engines, hot air balloons), dies at 68
1938 – William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and Director of Lick Observatory, dies at 76
1989 – Pete de Freitas, British drummer (Echo and the Bunnyman), dies in a motorcycle accident at 27
1991 – Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83
1994 – Mark Alexander Lees, English rowing coach, dies at 38
1995 – Rory Gallagher, Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47
2002 – June Jordan, Caribbean-American playwright and poet (His Own Where), dies at 65
2008 – Jamelão, Brazilian samba singer (b. 1913)
2016 – Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show – “Millie Helper”; The Nanny – “Yetta”), dies at 87
2020 – Noel Kelly, Australian rugby league hooker (25 Tests; Queensland, NSW, Western Suburbs) and coach (Western Suburbs, North Sydney), dies from a stroke at 84