1782 – Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter, dies at 67
1926 – Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies
1937 – Phillip Snowden, British politician first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, dies at 72
1991 – Reno Browne, American Western actress, dies at 70
1992 – Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
1993 – Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)
2007 – Jerry Falwell, American TV evangelist, founder of Liberty University, dies at 73
2008 – Tommy Burns, Scottish soccer midfielder (8 caps; Celtic, Kilmarnock) and manager (Scotland, Celtic, Kilmarnock, Reading), dies of melanoma at 51
2012 – Jean Craighead George, American writer (Julie of the Wolves), dies at 92
2015 – Bob Hopkins, American basketball forward and coach (Syracuse Nationals; Seattle SuperSonics), dies of heart and kidney failure at 80