1654 – Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, rabbi/author (Tosefot Yom Tov), dies
1719 – Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer, dies at 52
1822 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer, dies at 72
1838 – James Geddes, American Engineer (Erie Canal), dies at 75
1909 – Rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies
1914 – Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
1957 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898)
1968 – Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44
1986 – Jacob A W Burger, chairman (Dutch soc-dem party), dies at 81
2016 – Donald Henderson, American epidemiologist, led world campaign that eradicated smallpox, dies at 82