1531 – Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)
1821 – Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771)
1885 – Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
1901 – Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st president of the Republic South Africa, dies at 81
1915 – Bob Ferguson, Scottish golfer (British Open 1880-82), dies at 69
1944 – Godfrey Wilson, British Anthropologist of social change and colonial problems in Africa, commits suicide as a conscientious objector in WW II
1958 – Ronald Colman, British actor (Lost Horizon, The Prisoner of Zenda, Phantom Shot), dies at 67
1997 – Millie, dog of US President George H. W. Bush (Millie’s Book), dies at 12
2009 – Herbert York, American physicist (b. 1921)
2021 – Lee Evans, American athlete (Olympic gold men’s 400m, 4x400m relay 1968), dies from stroke complications at 74