1669 – Reyer Anslo, writer/poet, dies at about 42
1790 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, dies at 70
1847 – Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59
1864 – Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered
1913 – Louis Perrier, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council, dies at 63
1938 – Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies
1963 – Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet military intelligence (GRU), dies at 44
1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (The Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
1996 – Jeremy Boorda, U.S. Navy admiral (25th Chief of Naval Operations), commits suicide at 56
2011 – Edward Hardwicke, British actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 78