1778 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician, dies at 59
1863 – Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at 47
1947 – Frederick Gowland Hopkins, British biochemist (Nobel Prize 1929), dies at 85
1958 – Jeroom Verten [Jozef Frans Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49
1979 – A. Philip Randolph, American labor leader (Railroad Porter’s Union) dies at 90
1988 – Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at 78
1993 – Marv Johnson, American soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54
1996 – Pierre Debizet, resistance fighter/special agent, dies at 72
1997 – Horace “Bones” McKinney, American basketball forward, coach and broadcaster (Washington Capitols, Wake Forest), dies at 78
2004 – June Taylor, American choreographer, dies at 86