1777 – Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)
1778 – Konrad Ekhof [Hans Konrad Dieterich Eckhof], German actor and director, dies at 57
1779 – Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712)
1850 – William Lawson British-Australian surveyor who explored New South Wales (first route across Blue Mountains), dies at 76
1858 – John Snow, English physician who studied cholera and is considered the ‘Father of modern epidemiology’, dies of a stroke at 45
1955 – Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter, dies at 90
1979 – Nicholas Ray, American film director (Rebel Without a Cause), dies at 67
1999 – (David) “Screaming Lord” Sutch, English rocker (“Jack The Ripper”), and politician (founder of Official Monster Raving Loony Party), commits suicide at 58
2021 – Frank Bonner [Boers], American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati – “Herb Tarlek”; The Hoax; Just The Ten Of Us), and television director, dies of complications from Lewy body dementia at 79
2023 – Manabu Kitabeppu, Japanese Baseball HOF pitcher (Hiroshima Toyo Carp; 7 x NPB All-Star; Central League MVP 1986), dies from leukemia at 65