1642 – Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies
1792 – John Paul Jones, U.S. first well-known naval hero (“I have not yet begun to fight”), dies at 45
1953 – Lucy Booth, Daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1868)
1989 – Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35
1990 – Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Astérix, Tintin), dies at 79
1992 – Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies
1993 – Jean Negulesco, Romanian-American film director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93
1994 – Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/American director, dies at 83
2001 – James Hatfield, American author (b. 1958)
2007 – Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, (b. 1952)