1747 – Nader Shah, Iranian ruler (1736-47) and founder of Afsharid Dynasty of Persia, murdered at 58
1759 – Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer, dies at 31
1940 – Maurice Jaubert, French composer and soldier, dies a few hours after being fatally wounded in action at 40
1962 – Will Wright, American actor (Adam’s Rib, Living Christ Story), dies of cancer at 68
1994 – Jocelyn Olaf Hambro, financier, dies at 75
1996 – G. David Schine, American businessman, dies at 70
2007 – Antonio Aguilar [Barraza], Mexican singer, producer and actor (Emiliano Zapata) who popularized the Mexican equestrian sport la charrería, dies of pneumonia at 88
2009 – Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese supercentenarian, dies of old age at 113
2010 – Anthony Quinton, British philosopher (b. 1925)
2013 – James Gandolfini, American actor (The Sopranos), dies from a heart attack at 51