1677 – Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Colony (Cape Town), dies at 57
1859 – Alfred Vail, American inventor and early telegraph pioneer, dies at 51
1951 – Jack Holt, American golddigger and actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone), dies from a heart attack at 62
1967 – Reese “Goose” Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45
1982 – Trent Lehman, American child actor (Butch-Nanny and the Professor), commits suicide at 20
1987 – George Thalben-Ball, Australian-English organist (Birmingham City Organist, 1949-83), and composer (Elegy), dies at 90
1989 – Bruce Chatwin, British travel writer (In Patagonia) and novelist, dies of AIDS at 49
1994 – Arthur Altman, American songwriter (All or Nothing at All), dies at 83
2011 – Sargent Shriver, American politician and activist (Peace Corps), dies at 95
2014 – Dennis Frederiksen, American rock singer, dies from liver cancer at 62