1738 – Jean-Francois Dandrieu, composer, dies
1833 – William Rush, American sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies at 76
1947 – Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, French cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec, dies at 63
1959 – Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
1977 – Gary Gilmore, American murderer executed in Utah at 36, 1st US execution since 1967
1994 – Grady “Fats” Jackson, tenor Sax Player, dies at 66
1997 – Amha Selassie, Crown prince of Ethiopia and son of emperor Haile Selassi, dies at 82
2004 – Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. 1914)
2005 – Albert Schatz, American microbiologist (b. 1920)
2009 – Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (b. 1943)