1840 – Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)
1906 – Spencer Gore, British tennis player (1st Wimbledon singles champion 1877), dies at 56
1945 – J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
1956 – Lionel K P “Buster” Crabb, British diver (WWII), dies at 47
1972 – Billy Burke, American golfer (US Open 1931), dies at 69
1981 – Ernst Levy, Swiss composer, dies at 85
1995 – J. Peter Grace, American businessman and industrialist,, dies from cancer at 81
1998 – Liam Sullivan, American singer and actor (Star Trek; The Magic Sword; Monroes), dies of a heart attack at 74
2003 – Conrad Leonard, British composer and pianist, dies at 104
2010 – Carl Williams, Australian criminal (b. 1970)