1804 – Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian opera composer, dies at 75
1868 – Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798)
1975 – Roger D. Branigin, American politician (b. 1902)
1984 – George D. Aiken, American politician (Senator-R-Vermont, 1941-75), dies at 92
1988 – Christina Onassis, Greek heiress, daughter of Aristotle Onassis, dies of heart failure at 37
1992 – Bobby Russell, American songwriter (“Honey”; “Little Green Apples”), dies at 52
1995 – Shirley Bergeron, American Cajun singer and guitarist, dies at 62
1995 – Martha Hill, American modern dancer and teacher (Juilliard), dies at 94
1995 – Gwen Swire, British social worker, dies at 61
2008 – Carole Caldwell Graebner, American tennis player (US Open doubles 1965, Australian Open doubles 1966), dies of cancer at 65