1770 – Esprit Antoine Blanchard, French composer, dies at 74
1895 – Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70
1916 – Ephraim Shay, American inventor of Shay type of geared steam locomotive, dies at 76
1930 – Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian senator (b. 1827)
1930 – Charles Scribner II, American magazine and book publisher, dies at 75
1937 – William Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English historian and explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81
1980 – Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1988 – Kwon Ki-ok, first Korean female pilot (b. 1901)
1993 – David Koresh [Vernon Howell], American cult leader (Davidians), dies shot at 33
2004 – John Maynard Smith, English biologist (b. 1920)