1621 – John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony, dies at 45
1889 – Father Damien, Belgian missionary, dies at 49
1892 – Amelia Edwards, English author (The Phantom Coach) and Egyptologist, dies at 60
1913 – Ğabdulla Tuqay, Tatar poet (Oh My Mother Tongue!), dies at 26
1938 – Caesar Vallejo, Peruvian-French poet (Trilce, Russia and 1931), dies at 46
1970 – Ripper Collins, American baseball first baseman (MLB All-Star 1935, 36, 37; World Series 1931, 34; NL HR leader 1934; St Louis Cardinals), dies at 66
1980 – Paul Langton, American actor (Till the Clouds Roll By, Peyton Place), dies from a heart attack at 66
1983 – Rodolfo Hoyos, Mexican actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68
1994 – John Curry, British figure skater (Olympic gold, World C’ship gold, European C’ship gold 1976), dies from AIDS at 44
2019 – Les Reed, British songwriter (“It’s Not Unusual”; “There’s A Kind Of Hush”; “Here It Comes Again”), dies at 83