1650 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
1840 – John Cockerill, English-Belgian industrialist (founded iron, steel, and manufacturing company – John Cockerill and Company), dies at 50
1904 – Mungo Park, Scottish golfer (British Open 1874), dies of pernicious anemia at 67
1953 – Ethel Rosenberg, 1st US civilian executed (in 5 tries) at Sing Sing, NY, for espionage at 37
1966 – Ed Wynn [Isaiah Edwin Leopold], American comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79
1986 – Coluche [Michel Colucci], French comedian (My Best Friend’s Girl), dies at 41
1988 – Zdeněk Blažek, Czech composer and music theorist (Verchovina), dies at 83
2003 – Michael “Peanuts” Hucko, American big band jazz and session clarinetist (Glenn Miller’s Army-Air Force Band; Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 85
2008 – Bennie Swain, American basketball player (b. 1930)
2017 – Brian Kenny, British Army officer, deputy supreme allied commander (Europe), dies at 83