1730 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b. 1658)
1789 – John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army and co-founder of the Medical College at the University of Pennsylvania, the first medical school in Colonial America, dies at 54
1891 – William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 54
1910 – Stanley Ketchel [The Michigan Assassin], Polish-American heavyweight boxing champion (1908-10), murdered at a ranch in Missouri at 24
1920 – Hendrik Peter Staal, Dutch reformed officer and politician, dies at 75
1946 – Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison at 53
1960 – Henny Porten, silent screen actress (Mother Love), dies at 70
1965 – Carl Hoff, orchestra leader (Music Hall), dies at 60
1994 – Wilhelmus HL “Willem” Tollenaar, actor and director (Elkerlyc), dies at 82
2010 – Johnny Sheffield, American actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son), dies at 79