1691 – Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
1835 – Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies
1924 – William “Candy” Cummings, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (credited with creating the curveball), dies at 75
1938 – Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies
1953 – Django Reinhardt, Belgium born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer considered the most significant European jazz musician, dies at 43
1955 – James Agee, American author (African Queen, Death in Family), dies at 45
1996 – Pierre Debizet, resistance fighter/special agent, dies at 72
2011 – Bob Davis, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928)
2019 – I. M. Pei, Chinese-American modernist architect (Louvre Pyramid) who won the 1961 Brunner Prize, dies at 102
2020 – Arthur Summons, Australian rugby union fly-half (10 Tests; Gordon RFC) and rugby league five-eighth (9 Tests; Western Suburbs RLFC), dies at 84