1559 – Jacques d’Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed
1648 – Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 63
1933 – Balto, husky dog who brought back the antitoxin in 1925
1973 – Howard Aiken, American computing pioneer (Harvard Mark I computer), dies at 73
1977 – Gyula David, Hungarian composer (Viola Concerto) and violinist, dies at 63
1989 – Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62
1991 – Margery Sharp, children’s author (b. 1905)
1992 – Jean Poiret [Jean-Gustave Poiré], French actor, director, and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles), dies at 65
1992 – Steven Brian Pennell, 1st execution in Delaware in 45 years at 34
2008 – Melville “Mel” Brandt, American actor and NBC staff announcer (Faraway Hill), dies at 88