1645 – Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Scottish politician
1753 – Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies
1794 – Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French composer, executed by guillotine after false charges of treason during French Revolution at 45
1915 – Francesco Fanciulli, American-Italian composer, dies on 62nd birthday
1918 – Alexei Trupp, Russian footman and assistant of Tsar Nicholas II, executed at 62
1928 – Giovanni Giolitti, 5x Prime Minister of Italy (1892-93, 1903-05, 1906-09, 1911-14, 1920-21), dies at 85
1980 – Donald “Red” Barry, American actor (Adventures of Red Ryder, Jesse James’ Women), commits suicide at 68
1987 – Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
1995 – Carlos Sánchez Málaga, Peruvian composer, dies at 91
2010 – Fred F. Carter Jr., American country session guitarist, singer, producer and composer (Nashville’s “A-Team”), dies of a stroke at 76