1729 – Samuel Clarke, English philosopher and theologian, dies at 53
1916 – Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68
1931 – Timothy Cole, American wood engraver, dies at about 71
1945 – Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an, founder 1st Zen Institute of America, dies
1985 – Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72
1996 – Johnny “Guitar” Watson, musician, dies at 61
2001 – Ikuma Dan, Japanese composer (Yūzuru), dies at 77
2001 – Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908)
2002 – James Chichester-Clark, Irish politician, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1969-71), dies at 79
2020 – Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler (WWE), bodyguard, and actor, drowns at 39