1734 – Roger North, English biographer, dies at 82
1879 – Joachim Heer, Swiss politician, dies at 54
1979 – Mustafa al-Barzani, Kurdish leader (KDP), dies at 75
1979 – Dolores Costello, American actress (Noah’s Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73
1980 – John Jacob Niles, American composer and singer, dies at 87
1995 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist, murdered at 38
1995 – Earl Blackwell, American society impresario (Celebrity Register), dies at 85
2017 – Paula Fox, American writer (The Slave Dancer), dies at 92
2020 – Jack Welch, American businessman and CEO of General Electric (GE), dies of renal failure at 84
2022 – Warner Mark [McPherson], American country music singer-songwriter (Sittin’ on a Rock (Cryin’ in a Creek)); Talkin’ to the Wall), dies at 86