1659 – Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
1796 – James Macpherson, Scottish writer and poet, dies at 59
1909 – Geronimo [one who yawns], Apache chief, dies at 79
1968 – Donald Wolfit, British actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed), dies of heart ailment at 65
1972 – Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 67
1977 – Quincy Howe, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76
1990 – Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies
2003 – Frank Thistlethwaite, English academic and Vice Chancellor (University of East Anglia), dies at 87
2005 – Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
2012 – Ulric Neisser, American psychologist, dies at 83