1632 – George Calvert, English politician and coloniser, dies at 52
1919 – Jane Delano, American nurse and educator (Red Cross Nursing Service during WWI), dies at 57
1962 – Esther Minciotti, Italian actress, dies at 73
1980 – Raymond Bailey, American actor (Vertigo, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Incredible Shrinking Man), dies at 75
1984 – Machito, Latin jazz musician and creator of Cubop and salsa music (Afro-Cubans), dies following a stroke at 76
1993 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist (contributions to plate tectonics), dies at 84
1998 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (1976-79) and revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge (1963-97), dies at 72
1999 – Harvey Postlethwaite, British engineer and racing car designer, dies at 55
2005 – Margaretta Scott, British actress (Crescendo, Where’s Charley, Counterblast), dies from pneumonia and breast cancer at 93
2008 – Krister Stendahl, Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop, dies at 86