1796 – Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, German composer, dies at 89
1875 – John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)
1883 – Lydia Estes Pinklham, patent-medicine manufacturer, dies
1884 – Louis Brassin, Belgian pianist, composer and music educator, dies at 43
1888 – Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820)
1944 – Félix Éboué, French colonial administrator, dies at 60
1964 – Otto V. Kuusinen, Finnish politician (founder of the Finnish Communist Party), dies at 82
1987 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist and economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88
1992 – Warren Neal Boxer, dies of AIDS at 34
1996 – Johnny “Guitar” Watson, musician, dies at 61