1615 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters, dies at 86
1687 – Henry More, English philosopher (b. 1614)
1731 – Pierre Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 50
1967 – Ilse Koch, Nazi war criminal (commonly known as “The Bitch of Buchenwald”) hangs herself in prison at 60
1967 – James Dunn, American actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 6 Gun Law), dies at 61
1981 – Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut, dies in a MiG-21 crash at 32
1989 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American executive (MLB Commissioner 1989; President Yale University 1978-86), dies of heart attack at 51
1994 – Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, Anglican pastor and bishop, dies at 88
1995 – Benay Venuta [Benvenuta Rose Crooke], American actress, singer and dancer (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister), dies of lung cancer at 84
2006 – Warren Mitofsky, American pollster (b. 1934)