1762 – Ernst Christian Hesse, German composer, dies at 86
1830 – Joseph Fourier, French mathematician (mathematical theory of heat conduction) and Egyptologist, dies at 62
1984 – Irwin Shaw, American writer (Rich Man, Poor Man), dies at 71
1984 – Andy Kaufman, American comedian and actor (Taxi -“Latka”), dies of cancer at 35
1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American character actress (The Wizard of Oz), dies of a heart attack at 82
1988 – Louise Wood, American director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at 78
1988 – Kay Baxter, American bodybuilder (NPC Gold’s Classic 1981), dies in car crash at 42
1989 – Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered
1990 – Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando’s boyfriend killed by her brother Christian
2023 – Uwe Kitzinger, German-British political scientist, educator and administrator (President of Templeton College Oxford), dies of a heart attack at 95